Hawaii

Bryan and I dropped the girls off with my oldest sister Kim (for 10 days!) and headed for Hawaii. Kristi picked us up at the airport. She lives there as of last August. She is so cute and bought some Leis!

We dropped our bags off at her pent house and started hiking! 

First Hike: Wiliwilinui Ridge Trail

Clouds at the top. We never got to see the other side of the island!

 

After, we saw the sunset Tantulus lookout.

The next morning Bryan and I headed out to go scuba diving. It was questionable whether or not it would happen due to the surf, but we wanted to have a little "refresher course" beforehand. Unfortunately, it was cancelled. We tried to reschedule, but had quite a full itinerary, it didn't work out. 

Next Hike: Koko Head

The best part of the hike was getting picked up by a local who gave us a tour of the entire southeast side of the island.

Next Hike: Olomana Trail (3 Peaks)

Impressive hike. Lots of bouldering. We even had a storm hit us at the turn around point. 

Then we headed to Bellows. This was my family's favorite spot growing up. Kristi and I even made Bryan boogie board the waves!

All of us at the downtown mall of Honolulu. The trees were amazing!

Tesla at the mall. Pretty sure we will be getting one soon.

Bryan signed us up to sky dive at North Shore. First experience for Kristi. Terrible experience for me. I got super motion sickness. It was a good thing I had some promethazine!

After jumping, we headed to the airport to go to Kauai. We had a race the next morning!

Kristi hadn't been to this island yet and luckily a half marathon was scheduled for the time we were there. Getting to our AirBNB was a weird bus ride through town and a hitch hike to the race site was another fun story for our adventure books. But we made it through the SUPER hilly race! 

Once we made it back to the AirBNB, Bryan and I took naps. Kristi, unfortunately had some homework. When we finally woke up, we hiked to visit the Queen's Bath. 

Next Hike: Napoli Coast

We only did half the hike. If we wanted to do the entire trail, we would have had to spend the night to camp. We didn't have the equipment for that, so we stopped at the halfway point and swam in the waterfall. The last 3 miles of the hike we were out of water. I might have a little PTSD with water now when it comes to hiking! Such a beautiful hike- 13 plus miles. 

Our feet were tired. A half marathon the day before a 13 mile hike. What were we thinking?!? We also did a lot of walking to and from the bus stop because our AirBNB was deep in the city of Princeville. Next time, we will be better at coordinating housing with bus stops OR researching if car rentals are a better option with these more remote islands. 

The next day we were flying back to Oahu. But before we left, I wanted to paddle board the Wailua River. Bryan smoked us up the river, and Kristi was slow as molasses. She also happened to be taking a phone call for a job interview. Ha!

When getting back to Oahu, Bryan and I had an appointment to drive a Tesla around Honolulu.

Our last full day included a trip to the Polynesian Cultural Center, snorkeling at Sharks Cove, and dole whip.

Last Hike: Makapuu Lighthouse

We had a wonderful time doing all the adventures! Definitely will want to head there again- maybe even bring the girls!