{"id":260,"date":"2007-10-22T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T18:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2008-04-21T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T02:26:05","slug":"big-island-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Big Island: Last Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day we left early, drove to Hilo with a little sightseeing and shopping along the way, and went on an <a target=\"_new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fly-hawaii.com\/above\/hilo_tour.html\">Island Hoppers<\/a> airplane ride with our pilot Dale. First my mom and I flew while Andy stayed with Leilani, then Andy went with two other tourists. When he came back Leilani happily called out &#8220;My turn&#8221; and was really dissappointed when she couldn&#8217;t go. <\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/22m-bi-small-plane-to.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/22m-bi-small-plane-to.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-plane-bank.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-plane-bank.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/22m-bi-lava-stream.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/22m-bi-lava-stream.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mighty Pu&#8217;u O&#8217;o which no longer has lava now that it flows out elsewhere:<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-puu-oo.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-puu-oo.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Gardens subdivision that was cut off and partially covered by lava in the 1990&#8217;s (see <a target=\"_new\" href=\"http:\/\/hvo.wr.usgs.gov\/kilauea\/update\/maps.html\">maps of past and current flows<\/a>):<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-overrun-subdiv.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-overrun-subdiv.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-lava-stream.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-lava-stream.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t do this with me in the plane &#8211; guess he does not like to hear women scream&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-lava-islands.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-lava-islands.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"green\">Andy says: you did too do that&#8230;in photoshop!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>I suppose this is called a &#8220;lavafall:&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-lavafall.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-lavafall.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorful roofs of old downtown Hilo:<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-hilo.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-hilo.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Boiling Pots on the Wailuku River were so pretty from the air&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/bi-boiling-pots-air.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/bi-boiling-pots-air.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;that we decided to see them again from the ground:<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/22m-bi-boiling-pots-l.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/22m-bi-boiling-pots-l.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/22m-bi-boiling-pots-f.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/22m-bi-boiling-pots-f.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/22m-bi-boiling-pots.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/second-year\/22m\/web\/22m-bi-boiling-pots.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day we left early, drove to Hilo with a little sightseeing and shopping along the way, and went on an Island Hoppers airplane ride with our pilot Dale. 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