{"id":8077,"date":"2020-02-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickichenwrites.com\/wordpress\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2020-02-08T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T03:33:39","slug":"moms-trip-to-yasur-volcano-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickichenwrites.com\/wordpress\/travel\/moms-trip-to-yasur-volcano-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom’s Trip to Yasur Volcano – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Having lived all our lives on the Pacific Ring of Fire, my mom and I were comfortable with volcanoes. You might even say we were fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt. Baker, photo by Sue Cromarty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mt. Baker, an active volcano, was our hometown mountain, and we loved it. Can you blame us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt. Rainier, photo courtesy of Sue Cromarty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now I live in the shadow of Mt. Rainier, another active volcano. And around here, we all love Mt. Rainier. When the sun comes out in the Seattle-Tacoma area, people don’t say, “It’s sunny.” They say, “The mountain’s out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I guess it’s not surprising that Mom and I would sign up for a tour of Yasur Volcano, one of the main tours on the island of Tanna. Everybody did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yasur Volcano is one of the most accessible volcanoes in the world. It’s been persistently active for hundreds of years. If you go there for a show, you won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government watches over its activity and gives warnings when it’s at its most dangerous. Unfortunately, a couple of years after we visited three people were killed by volcanic bombs. I understand they disregarded safety warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, even on an ordinary day the volcano spits glowing rocks toward viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The walk up the mountain was a little bit rough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mom on the rim
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looking into the crater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oh-oh! It’s spitting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a small lava pool and a glimpse into our living planet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more and better photos of Yasur<\/a>, see this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Though Vanuatu is one of the settings in my upcoming novel, my characters do not visit Yasur Volcano.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having lived all our lives on the Pacific Ring of Fire, my mom and I were comfortable with volcanoes. You might even say we were fans. Mt. Baker, an active volcano, was our hometown mountain, and we loved it. Can you blame us? Now I live in the shadow of Mt. Rainier, another active volcano. 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