Whales!

We were driving today, and decided to stop at a ocean viewing area on the side of the road. We passed many of these while we have been on the island, and there was no particular reason to pick this one. However, it was a serendipitous selection, because as we were standing there one of the other tourists started yelling about whales.

I quickly grabbed our camera and snapped a few photos - with no success. Then Erin took a turn with the camera (mainly, because our telephoto lens gave a better view), and she was able to capture the following three images.

Caption Contest

I found this picture on our spare (and broken - see below) camera, and I can't stop laughing about it. Yes, that's a fried turkey carcass being eyeballed by my niece, Libby. I ate WAY more of that turkey than she did, but the photo makes it look like she devoured that thing.

So, this blog will have it's first photo caption contest. The winner gets... a laugh? a $350,000,000 bailout?

Here are our captions to get you started:

• I can't believe I ate the WHOLE thing!
• Mom, do you have any floss?
• What's a gizzard??

Good luck!

Christmas in Paradise

Two years ago, we were in New Zealand for Christmas and were surprised to see Santa in Bermuda shorts and surfing. Well, he surfs in Hawaii also. Unfortunately, we don't have any photos, but I did get some nice Christmas trees and palm trees.

More beach time

We've decided that we'd spend every day on the beach if we could. Alas, beaches in the Pacific Northwest aren't really warm or body-surf-able.

Maui Dive

We haven't been scuba diving since Thailand, and there's LOTS of water in Hawaii (in case you haven't heard). So, we decided to go for a dive. It was spectacular! Is there an echo on this blog??

We went with Mike Severns Diving company, which was fantastic. They were extremely knowledgeable and gave many tips on what we were going to see and how best to see it. We'd give them 5 stars.

Our first dive of the day was at Molokini - a volcano crater, which is slightly protected from the winds and rolling surf. We saw garden eels and some other fishies.

Our second dive was at St Anthony's wreck - a ship which was intentionally sunk to provide artificial reef. We saw two HUGE turtles (NOGGIN! again), and many other fish. We even saw an octopus, which is a rare treat.

Before the dives, we weren't sure if we wanted to go diving more than one day (we MUST make sure that we have plenty of beach time too, of course). But after our time under water, we signed up for another day.

PS - we didn't get any pictures, because we don't have an underwater camera. However, a fellow diver said he'd let us borrow his, so we may have some pics tomorrow.

West Maui drive

We drove around the north side of the island today, and it was spectacular! I'm sure I'll use that word every day.

The cliffs are pretty scary at times, but worth a peek over the edge. We saw a turtle, and I was reminded of 'Finding Nemo' - NOGGIN!


We also visited a blow hole, which was formed in the rock. Now and again, it would spray mass amounts of water. Scary and beautiful.



The drive does get treacherous in places, because the road narrows to one lane. As noted above, the cliffs on this part of the island are scary. Imagine looking out of your window and seeing straight down. Eek!

Do you see the school bus above?


If you find yourself on Maui, head north of Lahaina. You'll LOVE it.