Pu'u o'o Crater

Jeremy and some friends went on a hike to Pu'u o'o crater near Volcano National Park, which is not far from us. Jeremy said it was a little bit like what you'd imagine walking on the moon would be like! He said that you could hear the waves of lava crashing under you. It's actually closed off right now, along with other parts of the park due to the unusually large number of small earthquakes that have been happening the last few days. We haven't even been able to feel them. Although, I did get to feel my first earthquake a few weeks ago. It was a very strange feeling...kind of like riding on a small wave. It was just a little one, but big enough for me. Jeremy didn't even feel it where he was. *Hawaiian tidbit...the locals here kept referring to the "vog" at one point shortly after we got here and we were both thinking, "are they trying to say fog or smog or what?" We finally asked and found out that the steam from the volcano is referred to as "vog." It is worse at times and usually blows over to the other side of the island, but will sometimes blow around on our side and make it hazy and affect people's asthma, allergies, etc.