This will be my last post about Hawaii. It seems so long ago now, but I've enjoyed reliving it through my blog. Here's a little Hawaiian boy skim-boarding like I've never seen it done before. He was really good. He would run, jump on his board, go into the wave at an angle, reach down into the water and turn around 180 degrees, then ride the wave in. It was quite entertaining.
I loved the trees in Hawaii! They had such funky trunks and branches. This one was at our hotel.
The next few were at the Botanical Gardens, which we really enjoyed.
This was one of our favorite trees there. It had super sharp spikes and goofy-looking fruit at the top:
I guess it doesn't want to share with anyone.
These hangy-down things were everywhere.
Check out that cool spider. We'd never seen anything like it.
A fun bamboo bridge at the botanical gardens.
After we left the botanical gardens we continued down the coast to Spouting Horn - a blowhole that formed in a small lava shelf where water and air are thrust through with each wave. It also made a fun loud roar with each spout.
Then we enjoyed another beautiful sunset on the southwest side of the island.
Finding treasures at Glass Beach - an interesting place near a dump where lots of glass bottles were thrown years ago - now turned to sea glass.
And now the sand is made up of glass. Isn't it beautiful?
These birds were everywhere. We thought they were so pretty. Weird not to see any seagulls at the beach - just these red-headed birds and of course lots of chickens.
Our last walk on the beach in Hawaii.
We are still amazed that it didn't rain on us. So many people I have talked to have said it rained their whole week in Kauai. I think this is the cloudiest it ever got - the day we left. It was an unforgetable week. Happy 10th anniversary Dave! And thank-you, mom, dad, Kristen and Nathan, for making it possible by watching our munchkins while we were gone.
This will be my last post about Hawaii. It seems so long ago now, but I've enjoyed reliving it through my blog. Here's a little Hawaiian boy skim-boarding like I've never seen it done before. He was really good. He would run, jump on his board, go into the wave at an angle, reach down into the water and turn around 180 degrees, then ride the wave in. It was quite entertaining.
I loved the trees in Hawaii! They had such funky trunks and branches. This one was at our hotel.
The next few were at the Botanical Gardens, which we really enjoyed.
This was one of our favorite trees there. It had super sharp spikes and goofy-looking fruit at the top: 
These hangy-down things were everywhere.
Check out that cool spider. We'd never seen anything like it.
A fun bamboo bridge at the botanical gardens.
After we left the botanical gardens we continued down the coast to Spouting Horn - a blowhole that formed in a small lava shelf where water and air are thrust through with each wave. It also made a fun loud roar with each spout.
Then we enjoyed another beautiful sunset on the southwest side of the island.
And now the sand is made up of glass. Isn't it beautiful?
These birds were everywhere. We thought they were so pretty. Weird not to see any seagulls at the beach - just these red-headed birds and of course lots of chickens.
We are still amazed that it didn't rain on us. So many people I have talked to have said it rained their whole week in Kauai. I think this is the cloudiest it ever got - the day we left. It was an unforgetable week. Happy 10th anniversary Dave! And thank-you, mom, dad, Kristen and Nathan, for making it possible by watching our munchkins while we were gone.
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I've enjoyed your posts on Hawaii. They bring me back to some great vacations. You are really good at taking pictures. Some of them would look great framed on your wall.
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