Last week, Scott & I, were able to get out of this cold state of MN and head to Maui!! We were so very blessed to have many friends and family that loved on our children……that is what made it so relaxing to me! Knowing they were in excellent care and loving their time with each family/residence! Here are a few pics from our time away!!
The start of vacation was a lay over in Seattle/Tacoma airport! I totally loved sipping coffee, rocking in the provided rocking chairs and watching out the floor to ceiling windows!
This picture doesn't do the Banyan tree justice! In a neighboring town to where we stayed….it was absolutely HUGE!!
One of my favorite activities was to bike down Haleakala Mtn. The summit is 10,000ft but we started our ride right outside the park at 6500ft. Unfortunately, this was the only day it rained hard….pelting in my eyes hard!!! But, it makes for a good story and laugh! Oh yeah, we had to get up at 2am (seriously) to get to the mtn top for sunrise!!
It was a blast…..and we did go back another day to actually 'see' what we missed through all the rain!
Another early morning was spent whale watching! It was a little chilly but nothing for these hardy Minnesotans! We went with the Pacific Whale Foundation…they did such a nice job of educating us while giving us a great tour! We saw whales within a 100 yards of vessel! A dolphin or two as well!
We went we back….on the sunny day!
We had wonderful meals with fresh fish and desserts! :) This one was at Roy's….a favorite restaurant of ours…. to-die-for chocolate soufflé!!
Did I mention that we were celebrating our 10 yr anniversary….a few months early?
The sunrise view of the mtn we biked down…taken from our condo!
Iao Needle….historical landmark!
We survived "The Road to Hana"….which is 25 miles of 671 hairpin turns, 50 or 60 bridges, lots of one lane roads, NOT good for a girl who is normally a carsick cassie on straight Minnesota roads!
Due to the weather this river would normally be overflowing….but it's 'drought like' in Maui right now!
A black sand beach…the picture doesn't do all the colors justice! It was very cool!
Happy Anniversary honey!
A lava tube that lead us out to the ocean.
A few pretty landscape pics!
"7 Sacred Pools"….see that bridge on top that we drove over to get to it? Also, do you see Scott at the bottom of the last waterfall? It was a refreshing and relaxing day!
More black sand!
Beautiful beach!
We both fell in love with boogie-boarding!!
Of course, there are many more pics and stories to tell…but all-in-all we had a FANTASTIC time! Can't wait to go back in 5 yrs!
