A snorkle burn on my back... lots of great scenery....

This is the view from our room... just had to tease you with that.  We spent yesterday driving around the north Kohola.... So much different in topography:  we went from rolling pasture type fields that had that flat leaf cactus all over, then to greener fields with cattle and horses, then to tropical plants.  We went to the road end.... There was a hike down to the beach.... very precarious and as I had wedge flipflops and a dress on, we opted out.  Got a picture of the beach at the bottom...    Also, I got a better picture of the lava by the road. 

What you are looking at is actually about 6 feet tall... and there are fields and fields of it.  Then, as we drove into one of the resort areas.... look what we found.... a hairy, horned GOAT....

Go Figure, I think they use them to chomp on the brush near the resort.  Later on the road we found a herd of them.

Today, we went snorkling out in front of the resort.  Really was fun. My back is not burned bad, just a little more redder than I'd like.  Later we laid around the pool and had lunch and read.  I had to put my book down to write this... it was a hard decision..... Tomorrow we hope to take a helicopter tour of the active volcano.  I'll let you know if we did....