
Staycation in Volcano:
Five things I loved about Volcano:

The Friendship Fireplace
3. The Friendship Fireplace at the Lodge. As I sat enjoying my dinner, I kept looking at the treasure trove of all the interesting items embedded in the wall and hearth of the fireplace. The restaurant staff gave me a “Map” of all the unique pieces of items from all over the world and the story of the fireplace. If you would like to learn more, this blogger did her homework with photos!
4. The Aloha of the staff at the Lodge was amazing. From check in with the Pinot Noir in the room waiting for us, to sharing a map to all the local galleries with insights, to giving us extra information for the video, and finding a special momento of our time there that was in the basement of the lodge to being a joy to just talk story to about life in Volcano Village. Make sure you say Aloha to Janet Coney, the General Manager!
5. Riding our bikes to the galleries! We live here and could bring our bikes in our SUV, but you can also rent bikes at the Volcano House in the park to bike around the park. Riding to the galleries with the cool wind in our hair, and passing the purple flowers that were blooming everywhere along the road was something out of an adventure ride in Europe!
If you go, bring warm clothes and an umbrella, as the town IS at 4,000 feet and is surrounded by a rain forest, which means it rains at some point almost each day. If it is bright and sunny in the morning, get out and enjoy it! We were so lucky to film in the first part of the day, as the rain DID show up in the later afternoon as we were headed back to Kona.
A hui hou Volcano…I will be back before the holidays to shop for family and friends!
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- Breakfast at the Lodge
- Common Room Fireplace
- Hot Tub at Lodge
- Volcano Garden Art Center
- Shopping Time!
- Whimsy in the garden
- Seating area at Volcano Garden Center
- Volcano Art Center
- Bike to Volcano Art Center
- A Perfect picnic!
- Inside the basket!
- Picnic at the Lodge
- Kilauea Lodge Entrance
- The Friendship Fireplace
- Eric enjoys dinner at the Lodge