We went to an awesome Luau. I wore a real flower lei- I can't even begin to tell you how divine those flowers smelt.
There was a fire dancer... the best in the world or something like that. Melvin, along with Mark and I LOVED it!
There was dancing.
And dancing.
Gorgeous sunsets.
We went whale and dolphin watching. The dolphins loved to perform... and the whales... a mother and her calf were amazing! Whale milk is about the consistency of yogurt. Just a little something we learned. It takes a lot of fat to grow a whale!
The whales were hard to photograph.
We ate Hula pie- finished it actually, with a lot of help from Mel.
We saw the amazing banion (sp?)tree in Lanai. It's amazing to me! This one tree has 12 trunks! (I might be off on that number... but wow. )All one tree..
Amazing.
We tried our hand at Hawaiian as we attempted to pronounce Waianapanapa State Park.
We saw mongooses, who are NOT native to Hawaii.
We saw art.
Us at a black sand beach near Hana. Don't swim at this one! There are painful jellyfish VERY near the shore!
Wow. GORGEOUSSSSSS!!!!
We drove THE road to Hana. This is probably the highlight of our vacation. It was beyond incredible to me- all the dripping foliage, the falls, pools, forests, flowers, sigh. Amazing.
One of the many falls/pools. Next time we go, when the childrens are older, we are TOTALLY hiking around and swimming in the pools. We didn't this time- but just imagine...
There were bamboo forests EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!! Isn't it beautiful????
The island was so diverse. I was shocked at how commercial Maui wasn't! :) Sure, right by the beaches there are incredible resorts... but get not too far inland, and all of sudden there is farmland, and shacks- clearly with people living there, but clearly without running water or electricity. I couldn't believe it!
We saw amazing flowers...
and baby palm trees growing out of coconuts.
We got fresh mango and passion fruit smoothies from Uncle Harry's. There were little family 0wned farmer market places like this EVERYWHERE!!! People even just put fruit like passion fruit, or tropical flowers in boxes on the side of the road with a sign stating the price. You'd just put the money in the box if you wanted to make a purchase. All on the honor system.
Mel wore water shoes pretty much the whole time. :) They were perfect. Here is more beautiful bamboo.
More falls...
Amazing.
We tried our hand at Hawaiian as we attempted to pronounce Waianapanapa State Park.
We saw mongooses, who are NOT native to Hawaii.
We saw art.
Us at a black sand beach near Hana. Don't swim at this one! There are painful jellyfish VERY near the shore!
Wow. GORGEOUSSSSSS!!!!
We drove THE road to Hana. This is probably the highlight of our vacation. It was beyond incredible to me- all the dripping foliage, the falls, pools, forests, flowers, sigh. Amazing.
One of the many falls/pools. Next time we go, when the childrens are older, we are TOTALLY hiking around and swimming in the pools. We didn't this time- but just imagine...
There were bamboo forests EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!! Isn't it beautiful????
The island was so diverse. I was shocked at how commercial Maui wasn't! :) Sure, right by the beaches there are incredible resorts... but get not too far inland, and all of sudden there is farmland, and shacks- clearly with people living there, but clearly without running water or electricity. I couldn't believe it!
We saw amazing flowers...
and baby palm trees growing out of coconuts.
We got fresh mango and passion fruit smoothies from Uncle Harry's. There were little family 0wned farmer market places like this EVERYWHERE!!! People even just put fruit like passion fruit, or tropical flowers in boxes on the side of the road with a sign stating the price. You'd just put the money in the box if you wanted to make a purchase. All on the honor system.
Mel wore water shoes pretty much the whole time. :) They were perfect. Here is more beautiful bamboo.
More falls...
More beaching...I loved the lava rock
On the way to the crater we drove by a lavender farm, and through a eucalyptus forest. Mmmm... they both smelt heavenly.
We ate amazing food. Just check out Mel's grilled cheese.
We would go to the beach in the morning before it got too hot. We are clearly pasty, all three of us... so we lathered ourselves in sunscreen... :) No burns! :) Hooray! But then, no tans either. :( We had SOOOOOOOOOOO much fun at the beaches! Mel was terrified at first, but within short time he REALLY got the hang of things. We all got extremely sandy at this particular outing.
More unexpected landscapes. I had no idea Maui was like this too.
We went to the Maui Ocean Center or something like that.... this is a fish we saw there. He looks ornery.
We also saw jellyfish too.
We went to Iao Valley. Again.... amazing.
Melvin realized that his Dada is THE best- way better, WAY more fun than his mama. :) It was on this trip that Melvin didn't want me to put him to bed, or to comfort him, hold him, play with him, read to him.... he only wanted Mark.... it was SOOOOOOOOOOO nice!
More sunsets...
More of Iao valley.
Good grief... I have left out SOOOOOO much... but this will have to do- I have a neck cramp from working on this post so long! To sum it up-- good thing Christmas was after our vacation or I would have been COMPLETELY depressed to come home! But, as it was, Maui was AMAZING beyond amazing, but home is still nice, and Christmas was fantastic. Hopefully I'll post on that soon. :)
On the way to the crater we drove by a lavender farm, and through a eucalyptus forest. Mmmm... they both smelt heavenly.
We ate amazing food. Just check out Mel's grilled cheese.
We would go to the beach in the morning before it got too hot. We are clearly pasty, all three of us... so we lathered ourselves in sunscreen... :) No burns! :) Hooray! But then, no tans either. :( We had SOOOOOOOOOOO much fun at the beaches! Mel was terrified at first, but within short time he REALLY got the hang of things. We all got extremely sandy at this particular outing.
More unexpected landscapes. I had no idea Maui was like this too.
We went to the Maui Ocean Center or something like that.... this is a fish we saw there. He looks ornery.
We also saw jellyfish too.
We went to Iao Valley. Again.... amazing.
Melvin realized that his Dada is THE best- way better, WAY more fun than his mama. :) It was on this trip that Melvin didn't want me to put him to bed, or to comfort him, hold him, play with him, read to him.... he only wanted Mark.... it was SOOOOOOOOOOO nice!
More sunsets...
More of Iao valley.
Good grief... I have left out SOOOOOO much... but this will have to do- I have a neck cramp from working on this post so long! To sum it up-- good thing Christmas was after our vacation or I would have been COMPLETELY depressed to come home! But, as it was, Maui was AMAZING beyond amazing, but home is still nice, and Christmas was fantastic. Hopefully I'll post on that soon. :)
8 comments:
Oh, it looks divine! I've never been to Hawaii and am therefore EXTREMELY jealous! Mel is so dang cute and you are looking quite cute as your preggy self. By the way, I found an old video of "Cinderella" today and watched a few parts...I miss you!
amazing. it looks like you guys had an awesome trip. i definitely will have to go there some day (i hope).
thanks for posting.
SO fun Bricky! And for the record, your pictures were BEAUTIFUL and DID do Maui justice!! Makes me want to go back :0) Oh, and I loved that your favorite part was the Highway to Hana...it wasn't Bry's. Let's just say he lost his lunch on several turns! But I agree, what breathtaking views. Anyhoo, thanks for sharing. I'm so glad you had such a wonderful time!!
SO FUN! I'm so jealous! You look amazing Britta! I miss you!
I don't think that "pasty" is the word you should use, I think ALBINO should sum it up.hahaha
I am so jealous of your awesome trip!What a beautiful island. And are you actually pregnant or are you faking it because you don't look pregnant at all!! You look great!
I'm glad you got to go on an awesome vacation.
How Heavenly!! I'm glad you had such a great time!!
Sigh- one day I will go to Hawaii...but until then your pictures have been wonderful! :)
What an amazingly awesome trip you had! I am ever so jealous as Hawaii has been calling my name for YEARS! I have never been and am sure that 2010 is the year to go!! :) Thanks for sharing your delcious photos!!
AHHH! Those pictures are amazing!! How fun! And there you go looking all cute and pregnant again!!
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