03-04-2008, 09:42 AM
We were out there this morning also. The two police officers were leaving just as we were heading in. At the parking lot at the end of the road were four or five "official" vehicles....one of them being a Civil Defense vehicle. All of the personel from the vehicles had hiked out onto the old lava flow and were watching the advancing lava. There were several helicopters overhead. We did not venture out onto the old lava flows. We were not wearing appropriate shoes or long pants. Really wish we had brought our binoculars! The advancing lava is VERY close to the parking/turnaround lot. Fascinating...but creepy.