After stopping at the bazaar, I rode my bird down through the new hole to a new area…Eldin Volcano.
I met some new creatures who let me use some bomb flowers. Not only can you throw them, but you can also roll them like a bowling ball.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a bomb bag yet, so I can’t take bombs with me. I can only use them near where the bomb flowers are blossoming. This area is filled with lava, and I fell in a few times, although it was because I was trying to make a jump but the game wouldn’t let me auto-jump. There are places where it looks like you should be able to auto-jump, only to find out the hard way that you can’t.
Anyway, I found a heart container piece and hit one of those stones that send a light beam up into the sky. Killed some enemies and solved a few minor puzzles as I made my way inside the volcano. It was getting late, so I saved my game there.