On Day 3 we flew to the Big Island. Which btw, was absolutely Awesome!

We had a 21 hour day and it was so worth it!

The first thing we did when we arrived in the Big Island was the safari helicopter ride over the island and the volcanoes. It was AMAZING! We were super lucky that we all got to see flowing lava. Our tour guy said it was the most lava they have seen in the last six years.

We also visited a black sand beach that we had to leave as soon as we found it due to the fact that some men swimming there were nude and I didn't want the kids seeing that. One thing I was disappointed in was that I didn't get any photos of the beach. Once we left there, we headed over to Volcano National Park where we got to walk on hardened lava and feel the heat from the steam vents. It was so much fun and it was absolutely beautiful there. I took a ton of photos and have posted some below of everything we enjoyed during our time there. I hope you enjoy them. :)

We then took a tour of the macadamia nut farm. We got to sample lots of yummy chocolate covered macadamia nuts in different flavors. My favorite was the toffee flavor. My husband and kids were a little surprised that I even tried one. Since becoming paleo, this is not something I would normally eat, but I couldn't leave Hawaii without trying one. It was one of the things I wanted to make sure to try. The chocolate macadamia nuts are very popular in Hawaii! The kids LOVED it, but then again who doesn't love chocolate!

We also did a little hiking at Rainbow Falls. It was a little scary and with kids that don't realize the danger and like to run, it was even scarier. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL though and well worth our little adventure. We then headed back the airport to fly back to Oahu(Honolulu). There we were able to relax and listen to a great band with hula dancers and I even danced a song with them, which was so much fun even though I had no idea what I was doing. :P

I hope you enjoy my photos!

xoxo

-Michelle