Woke up this morning the USGS report: The summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano resumed yesterday evening ending a 2-day pause in activity. Lava lake activity—which resembles that observed prior to the recent eruptive pause—remains confined within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
So what to do but check out of the hotel and make the 2-hour trip back up the mountain.
And sure enough. We could see nice streaks of red lava. Binoculars helped. Not world-class great volcano viewing. But lava. I didn’t get to see any snow.
Sam and I returned to the village and had a very early dinner – fortunate because that’s the only kind you can have without reservations. Ribs for her. Ahi for me. Then she was on her way to the airport.
My phone just reminded me to check-in for tomorrow’s flight. So, I am now all checked in. Not ready to go. But, I am tired. So, it will be off to bed early tonight for me. I will be going to bed happy. Had a great 3 days.
All manner of new rules and regs at The Asylum. This cherry bit of “information” appeared in my inbox.
Let us keep our community spirits up in the coming days and weeks. To help us with that, President and CEO Rob Liebreich recorded this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnYQ5w4FjM for us yesterday.
And that is going to keep my spirits up in the coming days and weeks. Gott im Himmel. Where exactly do I put the knife to slit my wrists?