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  1. Yvonne

    Album The members of backcountrypost.com

    Hiking during this time of the year means hiking with rainbows I love the wet season here on the Big Island
  2. Yvonne

    Album The members of backcountrypost.com

    Iʻm checking out the ground subsidence, cracks, and sinkholes from last week's earthquake swarm
  3. Yvonne

    Album Trees

    thank you
  4. Yvonne

    Album Rainbows

    and itʻs rainbow season again
  5. Yvonne

    Album Trees

    my favorite tree again
  6. Yvonne

    Album Deserts

    I went again and explored the Kaʻu Desert in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP. This barren landscape covered with several lava flows, Peleʻs hair, and volcanic sand and ash from historic explosive events is really fun to explore. I went on January 31, and a massive magma intrusion happened in the area that...
  7. Yvonne

    Album Sunsets

    A few days ago, after work, I did a few nice trail walks and went into the Kaʻu desert in the backcountry of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP. I was scouting some locations for future night sky photography. The whole trail was across lava, with a few black ahu (cairns) now and then. Back after dark, it was...
  8. Yvonne

    To Do in 2024

    I will definitely do that. I still need to post the trip reports from all the other trips. One practice hike is also coming up, it will be 21 miles long. I have done that one twice so far, so I now I will be able to do the extra few miles. not a lot of elevation gain on that hike. I guess only...
  9. Yvonne

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    I did another backcountry hike in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP today A nice 14-mile loop primarily across lava to a backcountry cabin and then down to the coast. Pepeiao Cabin only two more trails left, then I have hiked all trails in the park that are legally open Several trails are closed since...
  10. Yvonne

    Has anyone had a knee replaced, and still backpacks?

    Not a knee replacement but I had a hit-and-run accident with knee reconstruction when I was 18. And then a torn patella tendon and torn quadriceps tendon in my knee in 2020. Iʻm now fully recovered from that injury and have backpacked again since 2022. And now Iʻm a stronger hiker than ever...
  11. Yvonne

    To Do in 2024

    I do not think I have any big plans for next year. I still have to do so much on my property that it will most likely take up a lot of time. These are my goals: Walk 37 miles through Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP as a day hike in under 12 hours. I have planned this hike in late January Run a 5k in...
  12. Yvonne

    Mushrooms

    After the recent rains we had here, all the mushrooms in the rainforest are popping up
  13. Yvonne

    Album Wildlife

    some Koaʻe Kea - White-tailed Tropicbirds They are so fast when they are flying in and out of the pit craters in the remote backcountry. Sometimes I see more than 10 of them at once. Iʻm still learning how to get good shots while they are soaring above my head.
  14. Yvonne

    Album Deserts

    In September, I extensively explored the Kaʻu Desert of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP. I wanted to return, but they closed the entire area due to volcanic and seismic unrest. So I have to wait. But I got a few nice desert impressions with some golden Peleʻs Hair, a volcanic glass collecting downwind from...
  15. Yvonne

    Album Rock Art and Ruins

    We have lots of ruins in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP These are all remains of ancient fishing villages not covered by lava yet. Itʻs fantastic finding these in the remote backcountry of the park. Here are some of my most recent hikes along the Puna Coast Trail inside the park some random rock art in...
  16. Yvonne

    Album Trees

    youʻre welcome Iʻm still super busy with my property, the volcano and work, but I finally find some time to squeeze in a few hikes and my evening walks/runs inside the park
  17. Yvonne

    Album Trees

    my favorite tree I stop every night on my evening run/walk in the park and snap a quick shot.
  18. Yvonne

    Album Wildflowers

    We have wildflower season year-round. So I toss in some water hyacinths with a tropical setting near the beach Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach, HI
  19. Yvonne

    Album Wildlife

    On my way to work in the park, this beautiful Jackson's chameleon crossed the road in front t of me. Even though they are introduced, I like these guys a lot.
  20. Yvonne

    Album The members of backcountrypost.com

    on my recent trip to Halapē in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP You can't go wrong with a lovely secluded beach camping trip
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