Pu’Ukohola Heiau National Historic Site was the final feature I visited on the island and the 4th (and final) National Park on the big island. The site preserves the ruins of the last major Ancient Hawaiian temple, and other historic sites. The Temple on the Hill of the Whale was...
Pololū is the Northernmost series of erosional valleys forming the east coast of Kohala Mountain on the big island. The valley forms a deep cut in the side of Kohala Mountain where Pololū stream makes it’s way to the ocean. It also happens to be the a-typical scenery of Hawaii...
The Kipukapuaulu Trail is an easy 1.2 mile hike through the “Bird Park” portion of Volcanoes National Park. It is an area of older vegetation surrounded by more recent lava flows from Mauna Loa. I was surprised at the trailhead signage stating that 2-3 hours were required to hike this...
Kilauea Iki is a collapse crater adjacent to the main summit caldera of the active volcano, Kilauea. Beginning in August of 1959, geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory began detecting a swarm of deep earthquakes on seismographs located at the observatory. By early October, measurements indicated that the summit of...
The Manuka State Wayside Park is a state park located between Kona and Volcanoes National Park. To us mainlanders, it is a rest-area, but here it is a state park complete with it’s very own hiking trail which leads to a pit crater. That’s pretty much about it, a trail...
Since I was bound to the Kona area for a few days I kept things simple. The first outdoors activity to come across if you head North out of Kona is Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, and as usual I stepped up to the Visitor’s Center to ask about a hike....
After a long morning at the Dog Park in Grand Junction, we drove the additional 24 miles to exit #2 on Interstate 70. Here, we planned to boondock a single night in Rabbit Valley in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. As a bonus, the Trail Through Time is directly...
Rifle Falls State Park’s lush vegetation and waterfalls have attracted photographers and movie crews from around the country who come to capture the area’s unique scenery… Rifle Falls State Park has 13 drive-in and seven walk-in campsites that sit to the south along East Rifle Creek. In 1998, the park underwent...
Rifle Pond is located near the Rest Area along Interstate 70 in Rifle, Colorado. The pond is a gravel pit that was created in the early 70’s when the interstate was being built. Before that time there was a large open area here where they held the annual Easter egg...
Conor, Moose, and myself spent our Sunday hiking in the National Forest on the North Fork Trail. Conor and I have hiked here in the past, but the trail was mostly wiped out during the 2013 floods. Conor heard it had reopened so we set out to explore the meadow...
