Better late than never. A little photo recounting of our wonderful trip to Hawaii!!
In November, 2012, we went to Hawaii for 10 days. The first five days we stayed in Kaanapali and celebrated the wedding of our friends, Dan and Jil.
The last five days we stayed in Wailea and had a bit of a romantic/adventure vacation! Romancing the stone?
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| Golfing in Kaanapali - really who cares what your handicap is when the view is this good! |
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| The golf game was a tournament set up for the wedding party. James ended up winning a prize! |
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| Snorkeling off of Black Rock at the Marriott. Great location! |
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| James has mad snorkel skills. |
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| More snorkeling. |
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| The rehearsal dinner was at a Luau - open bar! - this was a fun night! |
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| The next day was the wedding, at Merrimens. Great location with a beautiful sunset view. |
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| The newlyweds at dinner where we were all stuffed full! |
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| A view of the sunset from the wedding! |
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| The next day, James bravely faced the giant waves at Big Beach. |
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| Checked into the Grand Wailea and they had romanced out the room - so lovely! |
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| One of our favorite activities! A really fast sail on the America II! |
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| Dan and Jil joined us for the sail. It was good times! We got soaked and really enjoyed ourselves. |
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| Added bonus - great sunset! |
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| We found this guy the next day while snorkeling near our hotel. |
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Grabbing some much deserved froo froo island cocktails after our surfing lessons at Cheeseburger in Paradise.
This seriously is paradise - the water laps up to the window right next to the bar. |
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| James doesn't care about sharks. Sunset boogie boarding had to be done! |
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| The next day we did the "Road to Hana" - we stopped several times to take in some sights (surfers braving some 20+ foot waves, waterfalls, expansive views, rain forest) went swimming in the falls and dipped our feet into some lava sand beaches and had some delicious local cuisine. |
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| Walking through the jungle. |
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| Seriously Jurassic Park must be right behind those hills. |
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| Three waterfalls. |
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| The next day, we went ziplining, which was just thrilling!! |
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| We did a "canopy tour" and it felt like we were in the Ewok forest, very fun! |
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| A quick stop at the Lavender Farm up the mountain to Haleakala. |
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| A neat "Experimental Forest" that was planted on the way up Haleakala to see if any of these foreign trees could thrive in Hawaii. Some did not and others started to destroy the local ecosystem. It was pretty neat to walk through though, and a nice break from the heat and humidity. |
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| The top of Haleakala for sunset and star gazing. This is 10,000 feet up and was COLD!! Very romantic though, what a wonderful evening with my awesome Jamey - we watched the sun set over the island then watched hours of shooting stars and constellations. The more you stared at the sky, the harder it was to find a spot without a star. Just incredible. |
