MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU, MIKEY.
IT'S HAWAI'I ISLAND
WEEK AND WE HAVE A BLAST
IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
A SHORT PLANE RIDE TO
HILO AND WE'RE OFF TO
DISCOVER A TASTE OF WHAT
MAKES HAWAI'I ISLAND
UNIQUE.
WE HAD A WALK
ENCYCLOPEDIA TO TAKE US
ON A TOUR CALLED VOLCANO
ALOHA, TANNYA.
HOW ARE YOU?
GREAT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE
HERE HRCHLT WE'RE GLAD
YOU'RE HERE TOO.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
SEE?
WHOLE CHUNK OF THE
ISLAND.
YOU'RE GOING TO
TO BE HERE AND ALL OF
THE STORIES FROM THE
LANDSCAPE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO AWAY
BEING A BIG FAN OF
HAWAI'I ISLAND.
IT'S GOING TO BE WINDY
AND SHADY.
I LIKE IT.
LET'S GO.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS
INCREDIBLE SPOT AND WHY
WE STOPPED AT THIS
PARTICULAR SPOT.
VOLCANOS ARE SUCH A
DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE AND
PEOPLE THINK OF IT ONLY
IN TERMS OF RED LAVA BUT
YOU CAN COME HERE AND
SEE THESE LAVAS THAT
CAME OFF THE MOUNTAIN IN
THE '70s.
HERE WE TOOK OVER THE
ROAD.
PEOPLE CAN VISUALIZE IT.
THEY CAN FEEL IT.
EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T
TELLING A STORY.
THIS HUGE MASS OF PALI
IS ALL ABOUT THE FRAGILE
STRUCTURE.
THIS WHOLE PIECE OF THIS
VOLCANO AND ADJUSTING
AND MOVING TOWARDS THE
OCEAN.
WE'VE SEEN THE BIG CLIFF
AS EVIDENCE OF THAT.
I IMAGINE PEOPLE WANT
TO STOP HERE AND TAKE
PICTURES ALL THE TIME.
DO PEOPLE COME OUT HERE
AND TRY TO GET THAT
PERFECT PICTURE?
THIS USED TO BE WHERE
YOU WOULD COME DOWN TO
SEE THE LAVA WHEN THE
ERUPTIONS WERE COMING
DOWN HERE SO THIS IS A
VERY BUSY PLACE.
THIS WOULD BE LOADED
GET THEIR SELFIE HERE.
WHERE TO NEXT?
WE'RE GOING TO HEAD
UP NOW AND GET UP TO THE
SUMMIT OF THE CALDERA
AND SEE THE INCREDIBLE
TRANSFORMATION THAT
HAPPENED THERE.
ALL OF THE
TRANSFORMATION WAS DOWN
AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
ROB, THIS WALK IN WAS
WORTH IT.
TELL ME ABOUT THE
DRAMATIC LANDSCAPE AND
EVOLUTION WE'RE SEEING
HERE?
I'M SPEECH LESS EVERY
TIME I GOT OUT HERE
STILL.
I'VE BEEN COMING HERE
FOR 30 YEARS AND SEEING
THE PLACE.
WE HAD THE LAVA LAKE
ACTIVE AND LAST YEAR IN
APRIL AND THE MONTHS
PROCEEDING THAT, THE
LAVA LAKE CAME UP AND WE
HAD THIS BUBBLING
CAULDRON OF LAVA THAT WE
CAN SEE FROM THE JAGGAR
MUSEUM OVER HERE AS IT
LOOKED THE SAME AS IT'S
LOOKED FROM 1924.
AS THE EVENTS BEGIN TO
UNFOLD HERE, EARLY MAY H
THE LAVA LAKE DRAINED
AND WE HAD SYSTEMIC
COLLAPSE HERE, DAILY
EARTHQUAKES OF 5.0.
SO THE WHOLE TIME LAVA
IS EVACUATEATING OUT,
THIS HOLE IS FORMING,
NOW IT'S A BIG FUNNEL.
SO THERE'S ROCK TUMBLING
DOWN INTO IT.
IT'S STILL SETTLING.
SHALLOW THAN IT WAS AT
THE VERY BEGINNING
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH
ROCK COMING IN.
YOU CAN SEE THESE CHUNKS
OF ROCK THAT
UP HERE HHUGE SECTION OF
CRATER RIM ROAD GONE
DOWN BELOW.
YOU'RE ABLE TO COVER
A LOT OF GROUND BECAUSE
OF THE COMFORT OF THE
VAN, GOING FROM
HIGHLIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT
WITHIN THE PARK ITSELF.
LUNCH AND VARIOUS
THINGS.
YOU KIND OF SHAPED THE
TOUR WITH YOUR DIFFERENT
GUESTS.
WE HAVE TOURS THAT
ORIGINATE FROM HILO,
ONES THAT ORIGINATE FROM
KONA AND WE DO A 300
ROUND TRIP ON THIS TOUR.
WE'LL CHANGE ELEVATION,
20, 30,000 FEET IN
ELEVATION AS WE GO UP
AND DOWN OUR VALUE
CANEOSES IT STARTS AS
WE'RE HEADING HERE.
WE'RE SETTING THE STAGE.
WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT THE
BACKGROUND, THE HOT SPOT
THEY ARE THEORY.
BY THE TIME PEOPLE GET
THERE'S ALREADY THIS
ONGOING EPIC STORY
THAT'S BEING UNVEILED.
GETTING HERE AND SEEING
THIS DYNAMIC PLACE
THAT'S HAWAI'I VOLCANOS
NATIONAL PARK IS JUST
THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
WHAT A GREAT TOUR TO
GET A SLICE OF HAWAI'I
ISLAND.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE
YOU HERE AT VOLCANO ARTS
CENTER BECAUSE THIS
NATURAL LANDSCAPE SEASON
JUST INSPIRATION FOR
ART.
THERE'S LOADS OF ARTISTS
HERE.
THEY HAVE WONDERFUL
STUFF.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO
GET SOUVENIRS, SOME
ARTWORK.
GREAT SEEING YOU HERE.
ALOHA.
WE HAD THE BEST TIME
WITH THE BEST GUIDE
THERE.
ROB'S BEEN DOING THAT
FOR THREE DECADES AND SO
MANY CHANGES.
HE SAID AS A TOUR GUIDE
IT'S SOMEWHAT A BLESSING
THE LAVA IS NOT ACTIVE
NOW.
I DID THIS HIKE WITH
MY FAMILY IN DECEMBER
WHEN WE WENT OVER TO
VISIT MY PARENTS AND
IT'S GREAT.
IT'S A GREAT HIKE.
IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO SEE
SOME OF THE PLACES THAT
ARE STILL TEAMING LIKE
THAT AND WHERE THE ROAD
IS CRACKED AND WHERE AS
A KID I USED TO GO RIGHT
UP TO THE CRATER RIM AND
NOWP IT'S JUST A HUGE,
MASSIVE CANYON ALMOST.
IT'S CRAZY HOW MUCH IT
CHANGED.
AND IT'S JUST EERILY