Hiking the active volcano

Yesterday we just arrived on the big island of the Hawaiian islands, we ended up staying in a very cool house in volcano (which is a town near Mt. Kilauea). The next day we went to Mt. Kilauea, an active volcano to hike. When we got to the volcano we went into the visitor center and saw a movie that showed real lava flowing and it showed the water flowing into the ocean. When the lava flowed into the ocean steam would spit up and form a huge cloud. It also saw the bench where one day the chunk of land would be there and the next day it would be gone. We walked outside of the visitor center and saw a big model of Mt Kilauea and the man there said that eventually the hawaiian island will go under sea level. We then drove to the steam vents where steam was just pouring up because apparently when rain water goes down into cracks the heat from the volcano heats the water so it is boiling and the water evaporates and rises up to form steam, the steam would burn you if you went to close to the cracks. When we walked a path a little past the steam vents we saw a huge steam vent with a really deep whole that had grass growing in it, when you would look into it the steam would blow in your face and it would smell like sulfur. Next, we were originally going to the hike around the crater of the volcano but due to sulfur gasses the trail was closed so we ended up hiking one that went straight through the steam vents. We took a trail that was going downhill through a kind of rain forest path that had these weird, exotic plants along the edges and on each side there was a huge drop off so we couldn't get near the side. There were places along the edges that stuck out so you could look over the cliff and see below were it was all lava rock besides the steam vents coming up everywhere. There was a huge cliff on the other side of the giant drop off and ditch that had a face that looked like a huge eye on the side of the cliff. When we got to the bottom we first had to walk on a lot of huge pieces of lava rock which were formed into these weird figures. While we were walking we went by this huge cave that was outlined with moss. There we stopped for a break so we could get a drink and see the cave. Me and my brother went up on this huge pile of lava rock and found this really cool lava pieces that had like a rainbow color on them. Me, my brother, and my sister all went up and stood in one of the steam vents. The steam kept clouding up around us and making us really hot. Me and my sister ventured up on this other pile of rocks and we found this rock that had a bunch of ridges in it and little points that were sharp and it felt like they were molded into the big piece of lava rock that they were stuck to. As we kept moving along my brother and my dad stuck there fingers in one of the steam vents and got burned (you don't see me and my sister doing that). Finally, we got to the end of the big ditch and started are way up, it was much easier coming down. When we did get to the top we found a path that said the lava tube so we went down the steep path to this bridge that lead to a cave. We went in the cave and for a while they had lights on both sides then when we got to the end they had stairs going up to the light but if you went forward the cave kept going in pitch black. We had brought flash lights so we went in. The only thing you could see while you were in the cave was the light from you flash light which didn't shine very far so beyond your light you could see nothing but darkness. It was really scary when we went past some fallen rocks because my dad said that the rocks fell from the ceiling so I was staring at the ceiling the whole time and almost tripped. Finally we got out and got back to the car. It was still early so for the rest of the evening we just relaxed.