Today was a super fun day. I started the morning with a mini CrossFit workout, and then we all headed to the Hilo Farmer’s Market.
While there, Abby and I got Henna Tattoos, which I think will be a fun story later.
After that, we got lunch at a Japanese garden, which was pretty.
Then, we visited a Pu’u Huluhulu (hairy hill), a land island surrounded by lava. When a volcano erupts, sometimes the lava flows surround certain green areas but don’t cover them, and those leftover areas develop really interestingly. The one we went to was sacred to Hawaiian protectors, so we learned at lunch how to respect the land and space for the people who believe it was sacred.
After that, we got to go on a sort of surprise trip on the road leading to the observatory on Mauna Loa…we drove all the way up to the point where 2022 lava flows crossed the road. It was really neat to get to see lava flows that erupted that recently!
