Latest and last of Hawaii

Some where in blogland, some one had issued a challenge to keep count of how many spools of thread you finished off in a year.  I finished 16 spools.  I use a variety of threads and colors.  I am pleased that I used up this many spools.

I made the blocks and put this little quilt together.  Still have a bunch for the finishing.  I think this is a cute quilt for the after Christmas wintertime.

I did get to stop at a couple of quilt shops on the island of Hawaii.
I love to see the Hawaiian quilts.  This one is for sale for $10,000.  It is all hand done.  It is a breadfruit pattern.
The Hawaiian quilts are amazing.

We went to the Volcano's National Park, on the Island of Hawaii.
Ron is standing beside a heat vent.  There is quite a few vents and they are hot.  I expected warm, but if you get up close and personal to one, that is hot steam coming out of it.

This us the Ohi'a.
  It can be found through out the islands. The reference book I have says it can be found as a 100 foot tree in the rain forest or as a 1000 year old bonsai tree in the mountain bogs.

This is lava that flowed in November.  The red roof is a barn, that the lava went around, and took out the house that was in front of it.

The Hawaiian's placed items on the lava in memory of the devastation.
It is a powerful feeling to see what Mother Nature can do.

Here is the current crater that has been active for two decades.  On the 24th of November lava started flowing at a spot lower on the volcano.  Currently the lava that has branched off from the latest flow is within .4 of a mile of cutting off a main road that goes around the island.  We were able to view an area where the lava has cooled.

The day we were there was quite cloudy. That is steam coming out of the crater.

Our last sunset.  We are at a resort in Kona for our last night.  That is a wave breaking on the front as the sun is going down.
We had a lovely vacation.  Ron had never been on the "Big Island".  I had been to Hilo  twice with my Dad on cruises.
We did drive all around the island.  Another place worth going back to visit.
Until next time.

Mary