My husband has wanted to see the volcano park ever since. We were looking for a splashy vacation for our twenty-fifth anniversary last year—as well as a break from winter—so we went this January.
It was a truly wonderful vacation! We started with three days on ‘the big island,’ aka ‘Hawaii.’ Then we flew to Oahu and spent eight days on the North Shore at Turtle Bay Resort.
I am blessed with a husband who likes to do his research. While most of Hawaii hovers in the twenties throughout the year, he read that the volcano park elevation is 1143 meters and can get quite cold. We were fine through the day, but when we tried to view the glow of lava in the crater at night, I had to bow out. The wind came up and I was still in shorts.
