Our resort was at the Four Seasons Hotel right on the beach. By far the fanciest place I've ever stayed: valet parking, twice a day turn down service, pineapple and brownie bites by the pool, a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. They even give you a wet cloth when checking-in which Mike and I obviously had no idea what we were supposed to do with!
We were there for about a week and had pretty full days of activities. We drove up Haleakala, the dormant volcano on the island, and hiked around inside the crater. It was only 46 degrees at the top!
We also spent a day driving the famous Road to Hana- about 60 miles of coastal road with over 600 hairpin curves and over 50 one-lane bridges. Along the way we saw an arboretum, black sand beach, lava tube, numerous waterfalls and ocean views. Past the town of Hana we hiked up to a bamboo forest that opened up to the largest waterfall I've ever seen- water dropping over 400 ft.
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| You may recognize the rock behind us from Jurassic Park. |
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| This is a close-up photo of a rainbow eucalyptus tree- the bark is literally all of these colors. |
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| The black sand beach- all the black rocks and sand is from lava. |
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| Bamboo forest |
January-March is prime whale watching season in Hawaii so we took a boat tour out to see them. These pictures are of the Pacific Humpback whales.
We made use of the resort's croquet course (field?...court...?) And of course we spent time on the beach and at the pool soaking up the sun. We snorkeled- which I don't have pictures of yet because they have to be developed old school. Other island activities we partook in: frisbee golf, mini golf, and tennis.
Edward Jones provided a few dinners for us- one of which was a Luau. Unfortunately rain kept it from being outside, but we still got to see the hula dancers and the flame guy.
Pretty much we had an amazing time and are having a hard time being back in the Iowa snow right now. We are thankful for how God has blessed us through Mike's work.
I don't know how else to end this post. So. Good-bye.
