Rainbows and water

Beautiful start to our day!!! We were greeted out our balcony with a rainbow over the ocean. I knew it would be a good day after that start. They say this island hasnt had this much rain in years...its just beautifully GREEN!!! Steve and I drove to Lahaina and then onto the dock to get on the Zodiac raft. We barely got out on the ocean and the whales were plentiful. We watched whales breaching, slapping fins, fighting, babies riding on moms backs and baby whalesbreaching about 30 feet and closer from our boat. So worth the money to do!!!!

After being on the ocean for 2 hours we had lunch at Moose McGillycuddys... OH YUM!!! My Mai Tai was heavenly too!! Walked down the street a bit and then decided to drive back to the condo. I need a nap, seems the sun and water took it out of me and I have one of those crappy headaches that are hard to get rid of..... Not sure what our plans are tomorrow as of yet,,, we talked about Steve going on a snorkeling /whale watching trip ...he'd snorkel and Id watch the whales. Im no longer interested in BEING in the ocean waters after seeing a man drown.... I will enjoy being on land or boat. We will play plans for tomorrow by ear..... Enjoy todays pics....

Kauai bye-bye Hello Maui!!!

Well we left Kauai today...and woke up to this absolutely gorgeous sunrise!! I have never in all the times to the islands ever had a chance to see a sunrise so beautiful with these colors. BREATHTAKING!!! We had an early flight to Maui. Much warmer on this island and prettier than the last time I was here. Its whale mating season and the whales are very active here. Steve and I can sit on our balcony overlooking the ocean and watch them slap at the water and every now
again breach. I have always wanted to do the ocean whale watch tour so we booked one for tomorrow morning!!! We will be on a large Zodiak raft out in the Pacific and they guarantee to see whales.... Just want to see one of them breach once in my lifetime close up!!! ( well not too close!!)

Anyways... hope to have more wonderful photos tomorrow night. Here are a few others to share from our condo unit today. Until tomorrow.....

A Thousand words...

Can I say a picture or pictures are worth a thousand words??? The helicopter ride was a GO today!!! I was so lucky to get the seat next to the window ...just glass between me and the world below .... What an amazing experience to see the island!! We also ordered the video of our trip but on here you will only get to see my pics..... We were taken over the valley, through the canyons, places unaccessible to humans in cars, inside the volcano and along the coast. Lots of waterfalls and pictures cant do them justice. So with all that sit and enjoy the pics until I post once again!!! Tomorrow we are off to Maui!!! ALOHA!!!

Pretty day!!

Steve and I started our day traveling down the road towards Princeville, I was going to do the whole snorkeling thing but after watching a man being pulled from the ocean and later finding out that he died I chose to keep my butt firmly planted on a beach towel on shore!! But Steve did and said it was beautiful. Along the way we stopped to watch for whales but seems the whale watching is better in Maui then here,, maybe next week I will have better luck in watching.
Today is Laresa's birthday!!! Happy 22nd my dear daughter!!! Sorry I can't be there to share it with you!!! Heres a pic taken last week in CA after the fundraiser on friday night.... Love this picture....
We got a phone message that the helicopter ride is confirmed for tomorrow morning so hopefully it all goes as planned, I really, really want to see the island in places you cant go by car!!!
Anyways...until I have more to write about...ALOHA!!!

Good Morning!!

Well another day on the island... it poured last night here so looks like once again we won't be up in the air today. Oh well... we will find other things to do!!! Here is looking out our balcony this morning.... beautiful even though it's not clear. Until later this evening .....

SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!!

Well as you can see I am enjoying Kauai!!! We were set to take a helicopter ride today but was cancelled due to wet/windy conditions...better luck tomorrow... WE ARE CROSSING OUR FINGERS!!! The temps are mild with cool breezes. Evening is what I call cold and windy. I hope for better weather on Maui saturday. For the time being pray we get nicer weather to enjoy Kauai.

We did have a horrible site to see today. Steve and I went to Poipu beach. We had visited here last year and thought we would sit and enjoy the views of the ocean and watch the surfers etc. We found a picnic bench on the beach and planted our buns facing the ocean. Just shortly after doing so a lifeguard is motioning towards the water and one is on a surf board in the water. Yes as you can only imagine,,, someone was unconscious in the water. And I truly believe he never ever woke up again. It probably took more than 5 minutes to pull him to shore where he was worked on with no responses. Makes you sick to see someone drown... Sad and shocking as well. So kinda put a damper on the day. On a lighter note we had a wonderful lunch at the Olympic cafe in Kapaa. I had a grilled avocado brie sandwich.. OH YUM!!! As a side I had a Lava flow ,,, oh YUM!!! We drove back to our condo and made Strawberry daiquiris and Lava flows and now watching American Idol. Hopefully tomorrow we will be in the copter and I w ill be posting pics tomorrow night....If not we will possibly snorkel and definitely going to do some whale watching. So til tomorrow Aloha!!!

ALOHA!!!!

ALOHA!!!!! Yes tomorrow I am off to Portland and tuesday off to the islands!!! Sand and sun and a heck of a lot of drinks!! I hope to blog from there but that will all depend if I have internet in our condo or not.

I had an absolutely wonderful birthday in California. Brian's fundraiser was the same day and hundreds of people attended. Was like a reunion,, lots of hugs,, lots of people I hadn't seen in years. Truly WONDERFUL!!! Not to mention I was given great gifts.. it just couldn't have been better!!!

I finally updated my WSOAPP shoppe!!! If you get a moment take a peek, you will find the small bunny in his carrot and my Blue Angel doll. A few other dolls lay here not quite finished but they can wait til I return from my vacation..... ALOHA til then!!!