The next day we took off on the Road to Hana. What a road. In 52 miles, there are 617 turns (some of them going blind into a one lane road) and 54 bridges.
This site has some great pictures of the actual bridges. Some curves tell you to blow your horn to make sure no one else is coming! If you drive straight there it will take you at least 3 hours to go the 52 miles. Of course the whole idea behind the drive is to spend the entire day making your way there and back (we were gone from our hotel for 11 hours) and just enjoy the scenery. There are tons of places that are scenic lookouts over the ocean and there are also several paths were you will walk along a path for 10-15 min. into the trees. You also have lots of beautiful waterfalls. We didn't even stop at all of the possible places. It was amazing. They sell t-shirts that say "I survived the Road to Hana". I need one of those. It took me 3 doses of Dramamine, some sea bands, a stint at driving, and a very understanding husband who drove much slower than he wanted to for me to make it but it was definitely worth it!
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| What a way to spend the day seeing the sights! |
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| Daniel and Jon did some body surfing at one of the beaches. |
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| This definitely wasn't a bad place to hang out and watch the guys :) |
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| We actually went swimming in this pool and under the waterfall....such pure, refreshing water |
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| Eucalyptus trees - love the bark! |
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| Daniel going for a swim |
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| Black Sand Beach |
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| Lava at the black sand beach...not a place to go swimming! |
Overall it was a great drive!
We also spent some time at the pool, on the beach, and snorkeling.
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| Looking back at our hotel from the beach |
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| Sea Turtles up close and personal! |
We spent the last night of our trip at a traditional Hawaiian Luau. Fun event!
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| The pig that had been cooking all day |
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| We were standing next to the emu when they started to dig out the pig. They asked Daniel and Jon if they wanted to dig, so of course they had to say yes! |
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| Sunset before the show started |
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| The fire guy was AMAZING! |
There you have it! We had a great time! I really missed my kids but knew they were in good hands. Kenna was convinced that Hawaii was a place where Mommies and Daddies go while their kids are on vacation at their grandparents house. :) ALOHA!
2 comments:
What an awesome vacation!
Brought back so many memories of Jake and I's honeymoon! Lovely pictures of a lovely place and even lovelier people....:) Oh I wish Hawaii was where we all went when kids were at the grandparents. Ha Ha.
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