Well, the first bit of good news to report is- Those "missing Hawaiian beads" I spoke of in my last post showed up! Someone suggested I pray to St. Anthony, the Saint of Lost Things, so I did. And within about 30 minutes, I discovered a previously undiscovered zipper pocket I had put the beads in. I swear, I had checked that back at least 4 or 5 times. I don't know how I missed it, but that little prayer to St. Anthony did wonders!
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Yay! for bead shops while in Hawaii on vacation! |
I wanted to share a few photos from our awesome trip to Hawaii. We had never been to "The Big Island", aka "Hawaii Island". I love Maui and LOVE, love, LOVE Kauai. I really had no idea what to expect from The Big Island. For some reason, I didn't think it'd be as cool as it was.
But Fermin and I both loved it! There was lots of volcanic rock, and not much else, in certain areas.
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the terrain of the big island, as seen from the car... |
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love this little plant, for growing in an unexpected spot! |
There were lush gardens and rain forests in other areas.
And black sand beaches.
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napping turtles on the black sand beach |
And sand colored sand beaches too.
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kicking off my shoes after a run |
And of course, we saw some waterfalls. Akaka Falls is apparently taller than Niagara Falls! Sorry, Fermin's got the good pics of the waterfall on his camera ~In fact, he's got all the best pics on his camera...
We also got to see the largest mountain in the world, Mauna Kea- Larger than Everest! (Hard to believe, and at first we didn't. But we Googled it, and learned that measurements start below sea level, if that's where the mountain begins--- and this one starts
way below sea level!) We also visited the National Park and got to see the crater of Mauna Loa, one of Earth's most active volcanoes.
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Mauna Loa- an active volcano |
We had lots of great food, altho some of it was gross and I didn't eat certain disappointing meals. Spam is a popular menu item there, as is sausage. Ew. With fresh fish so abundant, why oh why would one settle for Spam?!
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Our favorite meal, from our favorite restarant, Sushi Rock. |
Thank you Hawaii, for your sunny days, fresh fish, happy people, beautiful sunsets, and vast gorgeous views! Aloha.
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