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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Knee surgery

The Elder had surgery this week so hopefully his knee will mend quickly.
He had a lot of inflamed Plica tissue and a tear in his meniscus.

Amazing sunsets every night. The sun would set so quickly if you blinked you would miss it. It just dropped instantly out of sight.We tried to capture them but by the time we would get the camera out and ready to shoot, it was over. So bizarre!

Kona Temple

It was very small but beautiful. The thing we found unusual was the small parking lot of roughly 20 parking spots.

Kilauea Volcano

This is one of two active volcanos. We could see miles and miles of lava rock.

18 miles Southeast of the Big Island a new island called Loihi is forming.

This was the drive we took to the Green Sand Beach. It was a bit rough to get there. The only way to get to the beach was to hike for an hour and ten minutes or hire a local to drive you there in four wheel truck. We opted for the latter and it was well worth the 30 bucks. It really reminded us of being in Madagascar....sketchy! We did arrive safely despite the rugged terrain and the sketchy vehicle with completely bald tires. The beach was beautiful. It looked like it was made of green and gold glitter.

Green Sand Beach

We really wanted to bring home some of this sand. The pictures do no justice to the beautiful colors of it but sadly it is against the law to remove sand. So we left it there for others to enjoy, except for the few grains hiding in our shoes.

Green Sand Beach

Most of the beaches and beautiful spots had little or no access other than walking or hiking to them. This was one of the hikes we took. It was straight down and a bit rugged. I made it......barely.

Black Sand Beach

Lava Java where we ate breakfast most days. They had a delicious Island style breakfast of macadamia and banana pancakes with coconut syrup served with fresh fruit and pineapple juice. It kept us coming back for more, oh and the view wasn't bad either.

Hilo

The Fairmont

Whale watching - they were everywhere

Thursday, February 21, 2013

St. George Getaway 2013

The weather and sunshine felt so good after a long and very cold winter.
We could not get enough of playing in the water and sun.

Rubiks cube obsession for these two and Jane enjoyed playing with the "ice cube"

as she called it as well.

Parade of Homes is always a great way to spend the day. The boys joined in on the fun too. Shocking... I know!

Mitch had to sit out on a few houses his knee was not feeling the love but we saw most of them.

Winner winner chicken dinner, this was our favorite house. We had to make a return visit at the very end to
take it all in one more time and to take a ton of photos of the decor. It was delightful in every detail!!