Departing for Sydney
This morning we had to depart the hotel at 4:45 AM for Hilo Airport to fly to Honolulu International Airport. We fly out on Qantas Airlines flight 4 to Sydney. It will be about a ten hour flight in which we will lose a day because we cross the International Date Line. So, we take off at 11:30 AM local Hawaiian time on June 17th and land in Sydney on June 18th at 5:30 PM. It will be a long flight. Feel free to track it on flight tracker if that interests you….just look for the link below. We should be up and flying at about 5:30 PM EST.
The picture I have posted below is one from the flight from Honolulu to Hilo several days ago. It is of the two massive volcanoes that the Big Island of Hawaii is known for—Mauna Loa is on the right in the background and Mauna Kea is on the left in the front. If you look very closely at Mauna Kea, you will see some white specks at the top. Those are observatories with the finest telescopes in the world. It is one of the best places to see the stars. Also, the white all around are clouds. Students: With your parent’s permission, do a Google search about these volcanoes and learn about their amazing history.
posted by Mark Heiden @ 4:05 AM
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5 Comments:
are you going to miss Hilo?
That picture is beautiful. Did it feel weird to be up above the clouds?
Lexi: I am going to miss Hawaii, but I am so excited about now being in Australia, that I think I'll recover quickly!
And, Lexi, thank you for your excellent following and posting on the weblog!
Abby: It is always strange being above the clouds! We don't really below up there naturally, and I always feel like gravity is biding its time...... But, I love flying!
Wow that's a lot of clouds under you. Did you ever go through the clouds then?
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