Spencer Beach (Photo by James H. Stout)

PRELIMINARY ITINERARY (subject to change):

Day 1: Friday March 8

• Depart Fargo at 9:05 am UA 6003 to arrive Kona at 8:53 pm
• Pick up vehicles and supplies
• Drive to and camp at Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park (confirmed and paid)

Day 2: Saturday March 9

• Kohala and Pololu Valley.
• Hike down to observe deep volcanic soil profiles, submarine landslide scarps, tsunami deposits and possible evidence for spring sapping
• After lunch, drive south to Waimea, then south to an 1800 lava flow from Hualalai Volcano, observing xenolith-rich lava ramparts
• Lava tube in the 1801 Huehue flow
• Camp at Ho'okena Beach (confirmed and paid)

Day 3: Sunday March 10

• South Point - famous green sand beach next to a classic littoral cone
• Kohala ash, fossil root structures and development of soil profiles
• Continue around the south of the Island
• Camp at Punalu'u county Beach Park (confirmed and paid)

Day 4: Monday March 11

• Volcanoes National Park
• Halemaumau Crater, Thurston Lava Tube, pit craters, tree molds, reticulite and Pele's Hair
• Stay at Namakani Paio Cabins (same site for 3 nights) (confirmed and paid)

Day 5: Tuesday March 12

• Continue exploration of the Park geology
• Chain of Craters Road
• Stay at Namakani Paio Cabins

Day 6: Wednesday March 13

• Saddle road up Mauna Kea
• Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station on Mauna Kea
• Investigate small craters with xenoliths

Day 7: Thursday March 14

• Leave Volcanoes National Park
• Akaka Falls
• Camping again at Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park (confirmed and paid)

Day 8: Friday March 15

• Possibly time for sand studies at Hapuna Beach
• Depart Kona UA 344 at 9:00 pm

Day 9: Saturday March 16

• Arrive Fargo UA 6084 at 4:17 pm