Friday, June 6, 2008

Back to Reality

Well, we made it in from Hawaii yesterday. We took the kids a bit by surprise when we showed up at breakfast. They tried to conceal their smiles as they ate, but wouldn't stop looking at us. Once they were done with breakfast they were ready to play...really, ready to be held.
John and I had a great time in Hawaii although I wish we would of had more time. We went to 3 different places so it felt like we were traveling a lot between places.
Our first stop: Honolulu - the city was buzzing! Tons of tourists and sites to see. We took a tour and visited the whole island of Oahu in 11 hours! We stopped to see Pearl Harbor first then headed out across the island.
Our second stop: Hana - this is a small quaint town with only 1 restaurant, 2 hotels, 1 general store and 2 churches. Not even a stop light in this place. But the road to Hana is legendary. It's only about 30 miles between Hana and the next major city, but it takes about 3 hours without traffic. You average 15 miles an hour as you twist and turn up and down the mountains climbing to Hana. It was absolutely gorgeous. We saw rainforest's, beaches, even dessert! Once we made it to our sea side cottage, there was nothing to do. Which I liked! This was my favorite stop on our vacation.
Our third stop: Wailea - the famous beaches of Maui. This was actually a nice combo between our other stops. You could still relax (although you were secluded), but if you wanted to go out and enjoy the town, you could. I think this was probably John's favorite stop.

Pics are posted on the left side, or you can click here to view the entire album. It's not in order like the slideshow on the left, but you can read the labels better. Oh - I just found out if you click a photo in the slideshow on the left, it will bring it to full screen!!!!

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/TxMommy_photos/Hawaii/

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