Hawai'i Day 2

Sunday, the 14th of August

Everyone woke up early today so we could find a tour to go on once the boat docked. We ate at the buffett on the boat for breakfast this morning. Then we found a city tour that took us to most of the places we wanted to visit. The first stop was a statue of King Kamehameha where everyone quickly snapped photos so we could move on with the tour. Next was Rainbow Falls, The view was beautiful, there was a good sized waterfall flowing into a stream.

When everyone had enought time to walk around and look at the waterfall and grab a water or soda the tour went to the Mauna Loa factory where we got samples of Mac. Nuts and looked through the windows of the factory (they were closed it was Sunday).

Next up was the painted church. This church was very quaint. It has been saved from lava numerous times. Lava has come up to the steps of this church I believe 5 times and each time the church has been spared. The Hawaiian people decided to make sure this church was never consumed by lava so they moved it a few miles down the road.

The main attraction of the tour came last, the lava field. The tour group walked almost a mile out on the lava to get to a black sand beach. We planted a coconut tree on the beach. It is a tradition of any one who takes a field trip or tour out to this beach.

Paul: Enjoyed walking on the black sand beach and seeing the waves crashing against the lava rocks after our walk/hike over the lava field.

Cyndi: The Mauna Loa Mac. Nut factory was one of my favorite parts of the day aside from walking on the lava.