Honolulu, Hawaii
We "lei'd" over in Honolulu for a few days on our way to the South Pacific. Stopping at the Pearl Harbor Museum was both emotional and educational.
We "lei'd" over in Honolulu for a few days on our way to the South Pacific. Stopping at the Pearl Harbor Museum was both emotional and educational.
An understatement! Apparently Hawaii's hurricane season lasted longer than expected. We were deluged with a string of tropical storms.
Huge lava flows leave miles of black as far as the eye can see. The Big Island airport at Kona is like landing in an ashtray. Desolate and stunningly beautiful at the same time.Along the south shore, [...]
Words can't describe the thrill of being in a boat, 15 ft. away from molten lava dripping into the sea. We FELT the heat. Note the palm trees above the lava, oblivious to the chaos [...]
Ahalanui is the Big Island nature's decadence: salt water sluiced into a lava "pool" with tiny fish nibbling at your toes, volcanically heated to 90 degrees of heaven.Natural steam saunas: worth the short but gnarly hike, heated by [...]
With its high altitude, dry environment, and stable airflow, Mauna Kea's summit is one of the best sites in the world for astronomical observation. Since the creation of an access road in 1964, thirteen telescopes [...]
That's 45 TONS of humpback whale breaching on the surface of the water. These guys weigh a ton per foot! Doesn't he look like he's taking a bow for his adoring fans? He was actually quite romantic, our boat captain dropped [...]
A flower behind the left ear (same side as the wedding ring) means this wahine is taken. Near sunset, the conch shell is blown, and the torches are lit. That white thing is a RAMBUTAN, [...]
In Kapalueha-Kona, we strolled on the manicured greens. Cheered on Tommy Watson, last year's winner. Mark O'Meara posed for a photo, as did Craig "The Walrus" Stadler's club head cover. The weather was perfect - [...]
Look closely at that mud spray... that's Mike in there, in the process of becoming a "Tide" commercial. Mike is ruining my "bad girl" image by not wearing his helmet!
We had to swing out on a rope swing to take this shot (just kidding, Mom). These falls have been in several movies (Jurrasic Park, Indiana Jones) but are most famous from Fantasy Island "Boss! [...]
Hop on and take off - this was five star scenery with one star of effort! The coastal bike ride from Coconut Coasters was one of the best things we did on Kauai - with [...]