The Last taste of Hawaii

I went back through my pictures and had to put in my artistic ones that I attempted while in Hawaii :)  as well as ones I forgot to post earlier.  Don't ask why there are so many feet pictures.  I guess I was proud that I finally painted my toenails! :)

A favorite beach - where Lost is filmed, where Colin and I laid out, and where we saw turtles in the ocean, right by us.... pretty cool!

Colin freezing in the water - it was in the 70's all week, but the wind made it a little chilly, especially in the ocean.  

A rainbow to bid us farewell as we are driving back to the hotel to grab our stuff and head to the airport.

Playing with our camera... the weather was pretty hazy and rainy, but it was still amazing.  This is from my favorite lookout point.

Yes, it had been raining and extremely windy - Colin with his beach hair

There are more pictures - they were taken with a disposable underwater camera, so I haven't gotten them developed yet.  They are of our kayaking expedition, which is definitely worthy of a post in and of itself.  Hope to get that posted soon!   

Part 5 - Traveling the island

My favorite activity that we did in Hawaii was when we rented this Jeep and circled the perimeter of the island.  We had a great book (thanks Kelli) that told us where to get the best pieces of pie, where to see the biggest waves, and the best lookout spots.  It was so much fun!  

Banzaii Pipeline - surfing capital of the world!  I didn't even THINK about getting in the water here. 

This was actually taken on the last day of our trip - we decided to go back to North Shore because we didn't have enough time.  We were laying on the beach and this was our view from behind....

while this was our view in front.  It was the most beautiful beach.  No skyscrapers, no crowds of people, no parasails... it was my kind of beach.  

Back to our trip around the island the day before we left.....Rabbit Island - can you see why they call it that?  

The most beautiful lookout point - this hole was actually knocked out by a tsunami.  Wow.  The waves were so hard and dangerous, I got butterflies standing anywhere near the edge!

Waves at the Banzaii Pipeline

Part 4 - LOST

Colin and I are big fans of the tv show LOST. We learned that all of Lost is filmed on the island of Oahu. So, it was really exciting for us to see some of the places where Lost is filmed. Not to mention the fact that the beaches where Lost is filmed are the most beautiful beaches!!

The camp where the "others" live - a YMCA camp!

Well, these were pretty obvious!  They keep the set up even when they aren't filming. 

The church Echo started building on the show

This is the beach that the crash was filmed on. Rumor is that even people living on the island near this beach thought that there had been a crash and called emergency services!! Unfortunately, there was no crashed plane. Fortunately, Colin and I got to enjoy this GORGEOUS beach our last day on the island. I will post more pics from this beach on the last Hawaii post.

Part 3 - Luau Time!

We went to a luau during our trip in Hawaii... to Paradise Cove.  It was beautiful.  The weather was perfect, and the luau was a lot of fun.  One of the wonderful doctors we were on this trip with purchased the tickets for all of us there for the conference, and not only that, we were VIP at the luau - we got special seating !!  

The pig we were about to munch down on - it was VERY good, by the way!

They had "stations" before the dinner - this one was where they showed us how to climb a tree to get a coconut.  Look - you see Colin up there?  He picked up pretty quickly!  hehe - just kidding.  

A little pre-show show.  Don't you LOVE Hawaii?!  I think I would fit in with the culture - laid back, easy going, and (this is my favorite part)  "Hawaii time" (which is about 20 min. late for everything).  Plus, how much fun would it be to be a hula girl???!!!