A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words: Part Three

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words: Part Three

Friday, September 27, 2013

We have been home for two weeks and some change from our Hawaii adventure. Out of the hundreds of pictures taken, I have only posted a select few. You know how it is - you're in the moment, everything is outstanding, and you think you need at least ten or thirty snapshots of every beach and of every sunset. It starts to really take up gigabytes on the iPhone. This is my farewell to paradise; the last of A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words. So many wonderful memories are tucked away behind these shots, and so many more are clearly captured and resting in the Hawaii Trip file for reminiscing later.

If you're brave enough to follow the jump, I commend you.

Have a great weekend, friends!

Uncle Dan took this picture. I have to give him credit, it's both sad and funny. We're all on iPhones. Just to our left was an awesome view. In my defense though, I was editing pictures.

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words: Part Two

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words: Part Two

Friday, September 13, 2013

We are finally back on the mainland! We hopped on a plane Sunday night and arrived home Monday around dinner time. So weird. The time change cost me half a day! It was absolutely worth it though. As you can imagine, I took lots and lots of pictures. I posted an image pretty much everyday on Instagram and Facebook.

I managed to post a few of the snapshots from our trip, while sitting up late in our hotel room. I love staying in hotels. Does anybody else share this love? There's just something so fun about walking into a hotel and being greeted by some adorable front desk clerk and then riding the elevator up to your floor, swiping the key at your door, and entering an icy cold room; with beds perfectly made, cute soaps in the bathroom, and a little refrigerator to hold limeade and those deli sandwiches you just paid out the nose for.

Since I took so many pictures from our holiday, I'll probably have a part three and four posted in short order. If you get sick of looking at all of my pictures, don't tell me. Just let me wallow in my post vacation excitement!

We went to Kualoa Ranch and spent the entire day exploring the ranch, making new friends and great memories. We went on the "Jungle Expedition" and had a blast with our guide, Topher. It was a super bumpy ride up hills, down hills, and poor Cailin took a large bite out of an apple that had maggots. One of the few traumatizing events of our trip. We also went on a tour of various ranch locations where movies and tv shows were filmed. We attempted to look frightened behind the dead tree from Jurassic Park, but just ended up laughing. The best part of our ranch tour was the three hour visit to Secret Island where we kicked back, lounged in the sun, paddle boarded, and harassed Godfrey. We truly did luck out and got the best tour guides for Secret Island.

 

Godfrey, "Oreo filling", and James. They were super helpful, fun, and had great stories from growing up in Hawaii. The ranch visit was by far my favorite day in the whole trip! Of course, the nightly froyo trips, and sun baking on one of the top five beaches in the world are high up on the list too. But those pictures are for part three!

                                                                   Have a fantastic Friday!

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

Friday, September 6, 2013

It's late Saurday night here in Honolulu. We're having the most incredible time! So many memories. So much laughter. So much heat emanating off our sunburns. Being with friends makes this trip that much more incredible. Especially since we have a former Hawaii resident in our group. We're hitting all the best spots. We're getting up bright and early in the AM so I'm writing this post now, to keep from getting behind. My computer is still stuck on east coast time. Every time I look up I think it's five o'clock in the morning. Anywho, I thought I would share some of the snapshots I've taken in our first four days.

I've been to quite a few beaches in my day, but I've never been to beaches like the cornmeal sandy shores of Hawaii. They are beyond beautiful. The sun is hot, the breeze is cool, the sand is soft, and the waves are crystal clear. And everything is ten times better with Cherry Limeade.

We went on a hike the other day, on a super-heated blacktop path, that led to the most amazing view that you could hope to see. We made a few new friends along the way, rabbit trailed to the edge of the mountain, and discovered a hairy cactus flower.

One thing is for sure - sunsets are just more beautiful here. The natural splendor screams of God's handiwork. 

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."

I hope each and every one of you had a great Labor Day weekend.

Happy Friday, friends!