Big Island of Hawaii April 2021

This trip was meaningful for me on multiple levels. It was my first trip since the start of the COVID pandemic. It was also the first vacation that I took by myself, and not meeting up with anyone I knew prior to the trip! It was just days after my birthday, and so it was a treat for myself.

I spent a week traveling all over the Big Island. From the North Kohala coast all the way down to the southern most point of the 50 states, and all around the island. I was able to spend time at one of the world's very few Green Sand Beaches (Papakolea Beach), swam under a waterfall in Kohala, watched the sun set (and the moon rise) over a black sand beach, and saw the full moon over the lava glow of Kiluea.

It was a magical trip, and I wasn't far from a camera the entire time. I'm happy that I can share some of that magic with you through these images.