Kelly and I were able to go to Hawaii for a week before Christmas. We stayed in Hilo on the Big Island for three nights and then in Waikiki on Oahu for four nights. Everything was awesome! Also I totally recommend our travel agent Cheryl Huber of Travel Design who coordinated a ton of stuff for us.

View from our room at the Naniloa Resort Hotel in Hilo, Big Island.

We rented a jeep and drove around the whole island. It was so much fun!

Kelly and the jeep in a lava field on the Big Island.

Kelly in a lava field. We were told that the giant lava mound next to him was probably a tree that was run over by lava making its way from a volcano to the ocean.

On our way to Volcano National Park on the Big Island.

Big Island.

Me, standing on (cold) lava at the Punalu'u Black Sand Beach State Park on the Big Island.

Kelly taking a nap on black sand. He napped for a good hour and had black sand all over him.

Big Island natives swim and spear fish off of this beach! They actually sell fish spears at Wal-Mart!

Holding a coconut on the Punalu'u Black Sand Beach State Park on the Big Island. (Yes, I had big hair, it was very humid.)

Punalu'u Black Sand Beach State Park on the Big Island.

A guy found a sea urchin and cracked it open and offered it to me to taste. It tasted horrible but can you say you’ve tried fresh, Hawaiian sea urchin guts? I don’t think so.

Kelly walking around.

Kona Brewery. A friend recommended we go here. It was a lot of fun.

Weird plant life we had never seen before at the Kona Brewery.

Kona Brewery sampler. I recommend it!

White sand beach near Kona.

Kelly resting after body surfing.

This was my first time at a warm water, sandy beach. It was awesome. However, I wasn’t used to how powerful the waves were. I may have swallowed my fair share of salty ocean water.

Kelly and me in a lava tube at Volcano National Park on the Big Island.

We drove out to a lookout where you can see hot steam from where lava from a lava tube is flowing into the ocean. Unfortunately you can’t see actual hot lava unless you take a boat out to see the lava flowing out of the tubes.

Kelly was very sad when he realized that he wasn’t going to be able to see hot lava on our trip. So to answer your question, no, Kelly was not able to poke lava with a stick. I think he is still mourning his loss.

I have more pictures from the four days we spend on Oahu that I’ll post later.

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