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Hawaii 2010

Brian and I took an amazing 10 day Hawaiian vacation to the islands of Hawai'i ("The Big Island") and Maui the beginning of September. We are very blessed to have 2 sets of parents who love our children very much and took turns watching them while we were away. The pictures are in reverse order of how our trip went...we started in Kona, on the big island for 5 days and flew over to Maui for another 5 days. We saw some amazing things - sea turtles right off the beach at our hotel in Kona, star-gazed at 9,000ft atop Mauna Kea, hiked across the active volcano crater at Hawai'i Volcano National Park, zip lined across beautiful scenery and waterfalls. Maui was a bit more relaxing but we still managed to fit it all sorts of adventures - drove to the summit of Haleakala to watch the sunrise (started that journey at 2:30am and endured 40 degree temps and 24 mile/hr winds - but AMAZING!), took a snuba cruise (like scuba diving, but with out carrying the tank) that was like swimming in an aquaruim! We had amazing dinners including an authentic Hawaiian Luau and the best seafood restaurant Mama's Fish House! It was an amazing trip and we had a great time! Enjoy the pictures!
Mama's fish house - out last meal on Maui

Dolphins on our snuba cruise


Snuba cruise - Maui







Sunrise: 6:04am









Sunrise at Haleakala - 10,000 ft above sea level











At the Luau









Akaka Falls











Waterfall at our zipline adventure









Brian ziplining in Hilo









Zipline adventure









Outside the lava tube












On the volcano crater





















Steam vent at the volcano









Mauna Kea Observatory: 9,000ft above sea level









Above the Valley









It's Mai Tai time!









Sea turtle swimming near our hotel









Outside our resort; Kona
























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