Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site....

Temple on the hill-click

...where King Kamehameha I, built the Temple of the Whale,
men passes red rocks on a 14 mile human chain-rocks not shale,
in 1780, and on the site of one built in 1582,
now it's open to the public, for all of us to view.

It was a sacrificial temple to gain favor  of the war god Kūkaʻilimoku,
live sacrifice but then until Issac Davis was stranded here too,
he helped the King for long year, with preparations for a war,
now the islands of Hawaii are one, prettiest you ever saw.


Pu'ukohola Heiau (Temple of the Whale)-click



Humpback Whale just offshore-click



Hawaii Volcanoes National Park....

Some like it hot!

....Hawaii, on the big island, it's a "hell" of a place,
one of the scarey things, for us the human race;
full of steam, smoke and fire, be careful where you walk,
just hang out with the Rangers, and listen when they talk.

The molten lava rolls along on it's way to the sea,
and when all of this is over, how big will Hawaii be?
This volcano has been going on "forever", we don't know if it will end,
I wonder if we stuck some iron in, well, you know, would it bend?

Full moon over the lava field



Lots of steam as the molten lava hits the water



Haleakala National Park....

Colors added by the sun, nice.

...Hawaii, over in Maui there's a volcanic place,
where the lava fields are bright, but seem out of place;
the volcano is dormant, but this is left behind,
remnants of the past, ode to a former time.

But, the is also green space, with a boardwalk through it all,
a rain forest type of place, where the rains continue to fall;
it's bright and it's green, lush vegetation all around,
but you should come and see, this varied place and ground.


Lava fields a-plenty



Some of the "green space"



Ohleo Stream, from the waterfall above, empties into the ocean.