Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Hawaii - Day 7

This was our last full day in "Paradise".  Made it to the beach for just the second time...


Azure

Waikiki

Playing

Napping

Posing

How's the water?

When can we come back here?

Winding down

Happiness

Monday, July 6, 2009

Hawaii - Day 6

We flew to the Big Island of Hawai'i to explore Volcanoes National Park. It's surreal to "commute" via airplane.

Our "taxi"

The caldera ofKilauea

A pheasant family

Working on the Junior Ranger program

A Koa tree

A Hapu'u tree

Lava of texture

Climbing over the lava flows

Joe in his element

Lava walkers

K admiring the natural bridge

Three new Junior Rangers

Enjoying the scenery and some ice cream

More activity at Kilauea

A fitting end to a long day

Mom's umbrella drink

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Hawaii - Day 5

Sunday, we went to Pearl Harbor to visit the USS Arizona Memorial.

The memorial


Many visitors


"...the home of the brave"


The names of those who died


One of the turrets

For dinner, we met Tommy's UD classmate Alex and his family at a restaurant in Waikiki. Too busy talking to take many pictures...

Matthew found an interesting chair to rest on after dinner

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Hawaii - Day 4

On Saturday, we climbed Diamond Head and visited the Dole Plantation.


The view from the top of Diamond Head


Pineapples grow on bushes! Who knew?

Banana trees

Some more of the flora and fauna at the Dole Plantation...





Friday, July 3, 2009

Hawaii - Day 3

On Friday, we drove to La'ie to visit the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Getting ready to go

Waiting for the canoe pageant

The Maori (Aotearoan) canoe


Knot tying

Playing an Hawaiian bowling game

Rafting in "Fiji"

Standing tall in ''Rapa Nui" (aka Easter Island)

Starting a fire in "Samoa"

Near the end of a long day


After the luau

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Hawaii - Day 2

We walked around Honolulu during the day Thursday. We saw...

A statue of Fr Damien outside the state capital building

Iolani Palace

A tree outside Iolani Palace

The State Supreme Court room inside Ali'iolani Hale

[Picture coming soon]
The cathedral Our Lady Queen of Peace

Tommy arrived in the evening from Philadelphia. We're all together again!