Noah climbed all over.
Surveying the lava field.
The red color generally comes from iron
Some of the colors are more vivid than others.
Our Airbnb in Volcano village. It was very comfortable. But it did rain for much of the time we were here.
What we could see from the kitchen. (Noah)
Pleny of sitting room
A nice kitchen and dining area. Notice the space heater; not only did it rain, it was also cold at times.
We visited the Punalu'u Black Sand Beach on Friday. The sand really is black.
Some of the sand is fine-grained, but a lot of it is covered with stones, making it difficult to walk on.
Not sure what the plants at the tideline are, but they are colorful.
First we saw the sign...
Punalu'u is frequented by sea turtles. You can't see it in this picture, but the area is ribboned off to keep people away from the turtles.
The beach presented many opportunities for Noah to climb and he took each one.
These turtles were completely still most of the time, but would sometimes flounder forward a foot or two.
Close up of a green sea turtle
More rocks, more climbing
This slope was a little steeper than the others, but no trouble for Noah.
There was only a little bit of surf near this beach.
Nice view of the beach and surrounding palm trees