Volcano National Park - day 2

Very cool. I didn't expect to see a spider living in such a harsh environment.

Looking back at the folks behind us. To put size in perspective, you may have to click on the photo to see the people behind us - the little itty bitty specks on the right.

The long trail ahead of us within the crater

Kilauea Iki Crater. Our work out for the day. Viks and I hiked from the Kilauea Iki Outlook through the Thurston Lava Tube path, then through Kilauea Iki Crater itself and circled back to where we started at Kilauea Iki Outlook. It was only about a 4 mile hike total but challenging at some of the points with jagged terrain and up hill. You can see a white streak path in the crater itself - that is where we hiked through.

Entrance to the Thurston Lava Tube. You can see the rainforest surrounding the entrance. As mentioned earlier, it was really interesting how quickly the landscape changed from desert to rain forest in such a relatively small geographic area.