We are home.....

Our trip to Hawaii was fantastic but it is always good to be home.  Our trip back left alot to be desired starting out with an over two hour delay in Honolulu due to some navigational thing with the plane.  This delay caused us to miss our connecting flight in San Francisco back to Redmond.  We ended up spending the night at the airport on the floor last night instead of arriving in Redmond last night late.  Oh joy.  Our luggage was delivered about 8:00 this eve.  We finally did make it home by early afternoon.  Considering  how little we do fly, this was a first time this has happened. 

We are home and glad to be back.  Sure miss those 80 degree days and warm water already.

Lahaina Luau

 

 

On the way to Lahaina

Getting ready for the Luau

Mmmmmmm

First course of five and then desert

Our waiters for the evening...they were fantastic

We went to a very culture, luau in Lahaina.  What a fantastic time....

The road to Hana.....

We got an early start and headed to Hana.  Easy, slow drive and on the way, it was raining.  Lots of falls and fast water coming down off the mountain.  Once we got there, we had some lunch and it was sunny and dry.  Very quiet, little town with many natives.  We went all the way around the island and got back around 3:00.   Enjoy the pictures; they do not do anything justice.

Hawaiian cows

Hawaiian chickens

On the other side of Hana

Snorkeling with Trade Winds II Molokini

Passed this 200M yacht going out.

Lunch

The turquoise water is the whale blowing out air

Here he comes

Wind mills along side this mountain

Breeching!!!

Molokini from a distance

Anchor dropped and everybody in that is going in

These flower look like paper...right by our hotel

Up at 5:30 to be at slip 80 at 7:00.  Ten miles out to Molokini where we spent two hours in the crater snorkeling.  It was pretty fantastic.  We saw several whales breaching on the way out and on the way back.  And three sea green turtles.....

Maui

Arrived Maui yesterday and are staying at Aston Maui Kihei.  We took a drive to Lahaina today; which is about 17 miles away from Kihei. Lahaina is a busy little town with wall to wall shops.  Like a bigger Sisters and right next to the ocean.  After we got back, we took a trip down to the beach again.  The tide was coming in and we were able to ride through some pretty good size swells and the waves were pretty good size when they were breaking over.  I managed to get off balance coming in and dredged the shore for awhile.  Needless to say, I had sand everywhere you could imagine.

Only cactus we have seen so far...on the way to Makena towards the lava fields

The Banyan Tree

Hawaii

At the Hard Rock

We arrived in Honolulu at 11:30 Hawaii time.  It was an early, long morning but we managed to get to our Hotel and finally something to eat later that afternoon.  Tuesday, we did a tour...Stars and Stripes; which covered the Arizona, Oklahoma and Missouri.  Also included downtown Waikiki.  It was a very good tour and good thing we did it that way; otherwise, we would have been lost all over the place.  Tomorrow, we have an early morning again and are leaving for Maui.  Aloha....

Waikiki Beach; we look a little drenched since it broke out raining for nearly an hour

Outside our Hotel

At the Arizona; the ship leaks about a quart of oil per day.  They say it is the tears of the the lost souls below.

With Herb Weatherwax; a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Recognize this?  On the Missouri

On the Missouri

The end of WW2

The lost from the Oklahoma