Stuck in LAX

We left Hilo yesterday evening on a United flight; unfortunately the flight left about an hour late due to mechanical problems and today we are stuck at LAX until early evening. Flying is different today, it seems, with full airplanes almost always and that translates into challenges if your flight gets delayed. So we are relaxing here and making the best of it.

Yesterday was our last day in Hawaii and it was truly the most beautiful! Warm, sunny with billowy white clouds made a wonderful exit day for us. After packing up in the morning, we went to Volcano National Park - first the art center there that has a really high quality collection of many diverse artists and media. Next we stopped to look over the Kilauea crater, a spectacular view from the stop to witness the steam vents.

Birds, clouds, VOG and just beauty were the order of the day!