Hawaii

Our Hawaii trip was great! It was sunny, warm and the beaches were amazing. Richard did a fantastic job of capturing the beauty of Hawaii (All photos taken by Richard :) I'll have to go through my pictures later. The sunrises and sunsets were gorgeous. We were driving one morning really early and we saw a couple in wedding gear having their picture taken as the sun came up on the side of the highway.

These turkey's ran wild on the golf course that our condo backed onto. They were fun to watch.

Did I mention the beaches were amazing??

Beautiful waterfalls. It was rainy that morning but it didn't last long. I didn't realize that the Big Island temperature is always between 25C and 28C and only rainy on the Hilo side. That makes for alot of beautiful weather.

One morning we went on a "Swimming with the Dolphins" tour. It was amazing how close you could get to a dolphin! Touching the dolphins was not allowed. I wasn't so sure about snorkeling for too long in the ocean so I enjoyed some time on the boat. The dolphins would swim aside the boat. Our Captain was China Mike and he would get really excited over a pod of dolphins :)

We went on a quad tour up a mountain. The views were amazing!!

I loved the two Luau's that we went to! The first one had the cutest little boy that tried his best to follow the other dancers. The little hula girls were so talented.

The Luau at the Hilton Hotel included a fire dancer. He was great!

We kayaked to Captain Cook's Monument. He was some British dude who came to the Big Island, took advantage of the Natives who thought he was a God and who ultimately killed him. The British thought it was a great idea to build a monument for him where he died (was murdered). Kayaking the bay was so fun. The water was calm, the sun was shining and the dolphins were frolicking!

Hawaii has the most amazing flowers!!

We had a great time traveling with Richard and Karen. They were the perfect tour guides. We hope they'll invite us again :)