We decided that our one big excursion would be a helicopter ride around the island. We did the extended two hour tour, one hour around the volcanoes and one hour at the valleys and waterfalls on the north east side of the island. As luck would have it, I got the best seat on the helicopter for taking pictures!
Our flight map, starting at Waikoloa heliport
The heliport is north of Kona and nothing but lava fields as far as you can see. It's the aa (ah ah) lava that cools differently that 'regular' lava and looks like chucky rocks and big piles. At first Adam and I thought dump trucks had put some of the piles there, like when clearing an area for construction, but no, that's just the way god made it.
The north west side of the island. Lot's of brown - they only get about 20 inches of rain a year in this part of the island. But you can see the green area in the upper left of the picture - that is where the fancy resorts are and golf courses.
Moving up Mauna Kea and toward more greenery
The ranching part of the island, high level 'plains' when you don't have a pu'u in the way
Mauna Kea pu'u (hills formed by volcanic eruptions)
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