Of Craters and Candies

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It was a “busy” day yesterday at the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Thankfully it wasn’t that hot and the vog (volcanic smog) didn’t rear its ugly head so we didn’t get smothered with that kind of pollution. We hiked to see steamy vents, craters and calderas, caves, and rain forests. Very cool, especially for someone who was a geologist in her past life. I even went so far as to indulge myself with a purchase of the geologic maps of the volcanoes. Ah, so g33ky!

Prior to leaving for the park, we were watching the news with the stock market going down 400 points and money is disappearing like water quickly seeping through the cracks by the second. The craters and calderas looked like a visual representation of the stock market: a volcano that collapsed. And all that’s left are steamy vents. 401k’s started looking just like it disappeared into steam. The craziness of the economy seems as messy as the Halema’uma’u’s seismograph:

Ok, enough geekiness! :-)

I’ll move on to one of the post-volcano trip highlights: Big Island Candies!

Once you enter their building, you’ll be greeted by a tiny cup of samples of their cookie and chocolate, and an offer for a cup of complimentary Kona coffee. We had the original shortbread cookie and rocky road chocolate — they were awesome!!! Right after we got in, we were hooked. Their coffee wasn’t too shabby either.

If we had the money, I think we would have bought everything in the store. My brain refused to pick a few things to buy. Gah. Everything looked good. The see-through windows to their ‘operation’ was drool-worthy:

Yummy!

The cookies, chocolate, and other treats are more expensive than your average sweet tooth fix. Then again, this isn’t your average treat. It’s definitely worth the dent in your wallet and the caloric amnesia! Yup…what? What diet? There is NO diet. Haha.

Ok, we’re off to another adventure!