Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Hawaii 2010

Anini Beach
We had several days of rain but it didn't stop us from enjoying the water
Chase, Les & Rex snorkeling
Chase, Les & Rex

Our Condo was very close to the Princeville Hotel. This is a view from the mail lobby balcony. The buildings straight ahead are the Hanalei Bay Resort where we spent part of our honeymoon almost 12 years ago. The hotel had been changed to a condo resort and it was sad to see how they have not kept up the property. It was a fun trip down memory lane.


There are roosters and hens all over Kauai. They wake you up in the morning and you see them everywhere. This is a mother hen and her chicks that were right outside our condo balcony.

Outside our Princeville condo after church. We had a wonderful time visiting the Hanalei Branch.

This is the fountain at the entrance to Princeville and our condo.
Fun church in Hanalai.

Fun building next to the cute church.
There were several of these large fields.
This is on the road from Princeville to Lihue. I thought these trees looked like the ones from Go Dog Go.

We spent part of a day with David (Les friend building the house) and he took us to some fun out of the way beaches. These were some of the homes close to the beach. Apparently they are in a flood zone.

The family at one of the many great beaches.

Chase, Rex, Margaret & David

Les & Rex checking out the water

Rex enjoying the water.

This is PJ Cruiser. He was a cat that would come onto our balcony at the condo. The boys enjoyed playing with him. His collar tag gave us his name and said not to feed him. You can see why.
Tunnels Beach
One of our favorite days was at Tunnel Beach. It was a little tricky to find and it required a little bit of walking but well worth it. It was a snorkeling paradise. The water was calm and there was lot to see. Chase snorkeled for at least 2 hours straight. It was a perfect day. The beach has a beautiful view. This is where the original South Pacific was filmed so we called it Bali Hai mountain.


A stop of our trek back to the car after a great day at the beach.


On our final day before heading to the airport we stopped at the Princeville Hotel again and enjoyed a last view of this beautiful island.
A final family shot. You have to love curly hair and humidity
We had an amazing time. The boys were great travelers and the location can't be beat.
We arrived at LAX at 4:00 am and had a 4 hour layover. Les found a bunch of the Delta blankets so the boys tried to sleep a little while we waited for our flight. Chase was the only one that really was able to sleep. Luckily our flight for LAX to SLC was very empty so we could all spread out and catch a few ZZZ at the last leg home.

1 comment:

Doug said...

I love the pictures. What a beautiful place.