This is Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of Hawaii. Pictures do not do the canyon justice. It was a beautiful start to our vacation.
There are wild chickens EVERYWHERE! I had to get a picture (and this was our first official day there) , this mother her and her chick were easy to take a picture of. They let me close (but not too close) but the rooster that was with them would have nothing to so with me. On our last day when we were eating lunch at Spouting Horn (we did NOT have our camera with us and we were too lazy to walk back to the car) the roosters were flocking around us trying to get our burritos, I could have taken many roosters photos that time.
I can't remember what falls this are but you can see them behind us, aren't we cute?
Here we are with a river behind us (again I can't remember the name of the river).
There are waterfalls behind us here and there was a man in the parking lot selling things right near a "No Vendors" sign. He had lots of interesting facts, gave me the flower in my hair and gave Bryan a wierd fruit to try (Bryan told me I wouldn't like it so I didn't try it).
I think this is Ponihani State Beach. You go on a 5 mile dirt road and there were a few other cars along this long beach. It was interesting to see such a beautiful beach with not many people on it. This is the West side of the island, which is hotter and drier. The cliffs are the Napali coast and on our next trip we will boat along it.
This is Ke'e Beach, the other side of the Napali coastline. The snorkling is great here but when we went to snorkle it was quite chilly and rainy, so we stayed a little while and then hit a few more beaches on the way home.
Here we are on Ke'e Beach, I love how I look in Bryan's fishing hat. It was really hard to take pictures of just us, normally the boys are the focus of our photos and we are just extra, this is why there are very few photos (I think).
This is Hanalee and if you enlarge the photo and look through the fog you can see 4 waterfalls.
This is the lighthouse in Princeville, it was closed when we were there and it wasn't that big of a priority to go back later. The signs read that whales, seals and dolphins can be seen here in the winter months.
This is the tunnel of trees. I took this as we were driving through, and I am pretty surprised that it turned out this good, Bryan is a moderately fast driver.We had a wonderful time. We spent a little bit of time with Bryan's aunt & uncle who live there. His mom was vacationing with a friend so we went to church with them and had dinner together Sunday and then snorkling with them on Monday, they went home Tuesday. We were so lucky to be able to go on this vacation that we both needed, family helped a lot and knowing our boys were in good hands made this trip relaxing for us. We are already "planning" another trip but hopefully with the boys.
PS I hope everyone likes the HAIR photos because I think those are the only photos I have of myself with short hair.
10 comments:
Gorgeous! (The scenery AND your hair!)
Lots of your photos were familiar to me. You guys went to the same places we did on our honeymoon. But I had forgotten about the chickens!
Your pictures are so pretty. Your hair looks great. All the girls in Waco have been waiting to see your hair cut. Bryan should have let you do it a long time a go. We miss you guys.
I like the way you look in Bryan's hat too. At first I didn't know who was taking a picture with Bryan, but I looked closer and discovered it was you. By the way, your hair looks fabulous.
These pictures are AWESOME.
I was promised some pictures of Bryan in swimwear.
WOW!!! I miss Kauai!!! You were smart to visit the most beautiful island of Hawaii. If I could only blink myself there.....OK maybe we'll have to wait for baby #3 so we can go back. I do love your hair...but...I miss those long gorgeous curly locks. Grow them back..HA! MAY
oh Karin...all the memories! We were there as extended family this time last year. We vowed we would go back just the two of us, soon....oh I so long to walk the beaches with my husband....I'll have to start watching the deals. Did you do an all inclusive package thing, or piece it seperatly?
We got a free week in a condo from my in-laws and Bryan's aunt lives there, so we stayed the first night at her house. We payed for airfare, rental car and food, since we were in the condo we cooked most of our food. Bryan says that the package deals are the way to go if you have to pay for everything though.
Okay, long before you mentioned your hair I was going to. Fantastic. And Hawaii looks nice, too. Did you happen to see Puff the Magic Dragon in Hanalee?
It has only been a week and a half. And I have been waiting for Jill's pictures (from her camera) so that I may post pictures. Jill is a better aunt than I am a mom, she has taken more pictures of my boys in the past few weeks than I have in a year (okay I'm over-doing it, months not a year). I will get on that hopefully tomorrow or late tonight.
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