Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Hawaii - 10th Anniversary!!!

10 years ago I married the best man in the whole world! For our honeymoon we went to Maui (and for those of you who heard the story - you know it didn't go so great)... We told each other we would go back for our 10 year anniversary - we had to keep our word of course! This time around there was no snoring or any other issues - and we adjusted to the time much better! We had an amazing vacation! Here are just a few of the pictures I had to pick from!
Here are Brayden (with Hawaiin fishhook around neck) and Brianna welcoming us home: Gary found his favorite place the last day we were there - Yogurtland! You can pick as many flavors and toppings as you like and you pay per the ounce. Here were are enjoying!
Gary in heaven;)



The luau at the Westin was awesome! The food was so good - totally glad we went!



Here is a typical pic of us on the beach (after reminiscing at Pacifico's)


A Hawaiian rainbow - right outside Whaler's Village!




Our first meal in Maui was at Tropica's (right outside our hotel). It was our favorite of the week - thankfully we went when we did because the rest of the week it was under construction...






Gary showing off his gift for the week:)









A view from the lobby (just one of the amazing angles - it was truly paradise):


My favorite thing we did all week was go on a zipline tour in the mountains - it was seriously breathtaking to be over the mountains and bamboo forests - and have an ocean view at sunset!

Getting ready for our first of 4 ziplines:






Gary making a frog outside our hotel:







One of the many pools:






We went Blue Water Rafting for 5 1/2 hours. During our trip we saw dolphins, the south side of Maui (lava caves), snorkled around Molokini, and I got sea sick (thankfully that was just a short part of the trip - I still completely enjoyed myself).






Riding the Pacific on one of these is a little different than riding a boat in the lake or going on a cruise! There were some serious waves that were rocking! This picture was in the only calm area we stopped at!







Pre-seasick;) Checking out all the dolphins!




We saw probably about 25 spinner dolphins right next to our boat (these are just a few). I saw 2 of them spin out of the water - Gary saw a baby dolphin.


Eating at Leilani's


Gary trying to lift this anchor....



Our Lobster:)




People cliff diving at Black Rock (this was just a walk from our hotel). We saw a lot of colorful fish, crabs, an amazing sea turtle, etc. We walked over there multiple times - it was so fun!





A panaromic view of the ocean (island to the left was Lanai and Molokai to the right)




A natural bridge at black sand beach:




On our actual anniversary we drove all the way past the road to Hana and stopped at the 7 natural pools. It took us about 4 hours of driving (2 1/2 hours of hairpin turns, starts and stops). It was totally worth it. I thought I was in heaven (until some local people were a little impatient and rude)...
Here is one view of the natural pools:


The other side of the natural pools - it was way more beautiful in real life:





I love this man!!!



These trees were crazy - the branches grew back down toward the ground...



One of the many waterfalls on the road to Hana:


Here is the view from our balcony (our "partial" ocean view room)! Gorgeous!



















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