Tales of a Technogypsie

[ Back to Chapter 29: Big Island ]   [ Chapter 30: Kona & Underseas adventure ]   [ Chapter 31: Volcano to Honolulu ] Snorkeling at Captain Cook, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Saturday, The 8th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the good year 2009 of the [...]

Kilauea Caldera Kilauea Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii Kīlauea is one of the most spectacular volcanoes existing on Big Island in Hawaii. Rising 4,091 feet above sea level, the summit caldera is a broad shelf of uplands well beneath the long profile of Mauna Loa. It is a very low flat shield volcano lying against the [...]

[ Back to Chapter 27: Jetplane to Honolulu ]   [ Chapter 28: Honolulu to Big Island ]   [ Chapter 29: Big Island Akaka Falls near Hilo, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Thursday, The 6th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the good year 2009 of the Common [...]

Thurston Lava TubeVolcano National Park, Volcano, Big Island, HawaiiWhile visiting a friend who lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii we took a late night cruise through the Thurston Lava Tube … which was absolutely fascinating. Not the first tube for me to go down as I’ve been in some in Washington and [...]