Hawaii

I've finally managed to convince Kris to post some photos.:) Since there were still tons of pictures from Hawaii that he didn't process yet, it was ideal to start with. One of the main attractions on the Big Island is Volcano National Park. It's pretty spectacular, you can actually walk along the craters of still active volcanoes, you get access to lava tubes,... Of course some areas are closed for public because of volcanic fumes. The new eruptive vent in Halema`uma`u Crater, Sulphur Banks, and Pu‘u ‘O‘o vent generate high levels of gasses that may affect hikers. We did go there, but didn't...

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Road trip

Finally! We've waited almost four months to go on this road trip. For some reason we were really, really looking forward to it! We started driving Thursday evening, direction Kamloops. We booked the Accent Inns for the night. Quite nice actually, pleasant memories! It's the same hotel chain we stayed at (for 3 weeks) when we first arrived in Vancouver. Funny how all those hotels have the exact same interior. Friday, early morning (way too early, but for a good cause) we headed in the direction of Jasper. We could have easily made the decision to go straight to Banff, but we wanted to drive along...

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