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- Day 6
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 6:09 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
United StatesMohouli Park19°42’22” N 155°5’34” W
Morning of Easter
April 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Sunrise and eggs
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- Day 6
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 1:36 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 297 m
- United StatesKaūmana Caves County Park19°41’12” N 155°7’51” W
Lava Tube!
April 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Just got out of the lava tube! No lava left, but after making the tube like a little underground river, the lava drained out leaving a labyrinth of tunnels. Nicholas and I kept Caroline’s heartRead more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 3:35 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 1,739 m
- United StatesPi‘ihonua19°40’34” N 155°22’35” W
On the road up Mauna Kea
April 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We’re going up the mountain. Visitor centre at 9000 feet, summit around 14,000 if we go that high.
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- Day 6
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 5:17 PM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
- United StatesMohouli Park19°42’22” N 155°5’34” W
Telescopes at the top
April 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
So cool to see all the research telescopes.
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- Day 6
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 6:38 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
- United StatesMohouli Park19°42’22” N 155°5’34” W
Sunset at the top
April 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Worth the wait
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- Day 7
- Monday, April 22, 2019 at 9:16 AM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- United StatesLau Hue Point19°45’10” N 155°5’26” W
Science
April 22, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
So we’re driving home from our trip to the summit of Mauna Kea and we start hearing weird noises in the car, like of something breaking or being crushed. Turns out it was the water bottles that weRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, April 22, 2019 at 2:10 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 165 m
- United StatesAloha Kona19°39’11” N 155°58’47” W
Under the Sea
April 22, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We all live in a yellow submarine....in Kona!
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- Day 7
- Monday, April 22, 2019 at 7:13 PM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
North Pacific Ocean19°49’2” N 154°59’18” W
New digs
April 22, 2019, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
New place for the evening. And a visit to the nearby waterfront.
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:10 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean20°14’1” N 155°56’12” W
Two Step
April 23, 2019, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Our first snorkel of the trip
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 2:30 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 165 m
- United StatesAloha Kona19°39’11” N 155°58’47” W
Coffee Shack
April 23, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Kona Coffee, ono, luau bread, coconut pie etc etc
Also an avocado tree next to the lenai.
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 3:55 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- United StatesKeoneele Cove19°25’22” N 155°54’45” W
Underwater!
April 23, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Got the old Olympus camera wet for the first time at Two Step beach.
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 198 m
- United StatesHawi20°14’17” N 155°50’17” W
Captain Cook Monument
April 24, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We hiked down to the monument and some of the world’s best snorkeling. The hike was gruelling, at 2.5 miles each way, traversing 1200 feet of elevation. We were saved by a kind couple who gave usRead more
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 4:03 PM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 198 m
- United StatesHawi20°14’17” N 155°50’17” W
Coffee Farm
April 24, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A tasting at/ with Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Growers. We tried 4 types of coffee...all wonderful:)
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- Day 10
- Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 4:13 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- United StatesUSS Bowfin21°22’7” N 157°56’20” W
Pearl Harbour Part I
April 25, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After our flight, we looked at the weather forecast. Later in the week it predicted rain, and right now it was 85 and sunny so we decided to visit the USS Bowfin submarine at Pearl Harbour.
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- Day 10
- Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 4:23 PM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 200 m
- United StatesWaikakalaua Stream21°27’13” N 158°1’9” W
Submarine Museum
April 25, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
N took many photos. Here are a few.
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- Day 10
- Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 6:34 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- United StatesHale‘iwa Army Beach21°35’23” N 158°6’41” W
North Shore
April 25, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Just arrived at the North Shore of Oahu.
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- Day 10
- Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 7:32 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- United States‘Anahulu River21°35’35” N 158°6’14” W
Dinner at Haleiwa Joe's
April 25, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
While walking to find something to eat, a lady stopped us on the side of the road and complimented my (Peter) colourful shirt. She then welcomed us to the North Shore and introduced herself as AuntyRead more
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- Day 11
- Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11:02 AM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 121 m
- United StatesKalihi Valley Field21°20’56” N 157°52’33” W
Pearl Harbor Part 2
April 26, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
USS Arizona Memorial and Mighty Mo
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- Day 11
- Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11:08 AM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- United StatesUSS Missouri21°21’46” N 157°57’12” W
Mighty Mo
April 26, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Touring the decks. Admiring the big guns.
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- Day 11
- Friday, April 26, 2019 at 6:09 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 200 m
- United StatesWaikakalaua Stream21°27’13” N 158°1’9” W
Sunset
April 26, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Walking along the beach park.
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- Day 12
- Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 12:19 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- United StatesAliamanu Playground21°21’26” N 157°55’33” W
Pacific Aviation Museum
April 27, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Pearl Harbor Part 3
We took a tour called the ‘Aviators Tour’ which gave us a guide (Mike) and access to a second hangar that still had bullet holes from original Pearl Harbour attack. We sawRead more
TravelerTom Cruise was not there, however our tour guide had a pic of Tom. His wife works at Lockheed Martin and she told him the story of some hotshot arriving in a P51 Mustang (WWII fighter plane) which turned out to be Tom Cruise arriving to try the F35 flight simulator to prepare for Top Gun II.
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- Day 12
- Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 4:58 PM
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 200 m
- United StatesWaikakalaua Stream21°27’13” N 158°1’9” W
Shrimp truck, shave ice, sunset.
April 27, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Food truck was on our to do list, followed by Matsumoto’s shave ice (shaving machine shown). And an awesome sunset.
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- Day 13
- Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 11:13 AM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 200 m
- United StatesWaikakalaua Stream21°27’13” N 158°1’9” W
Laniakea Beach
April 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Where the layson turtles beach and sun. We saw 5 altogether, the pictures are all of Oakley: adult male 35 yrs old.
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- Day 13
- Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:31 PM
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- United StatesKaena Point State Natural Area Reserve21°34’24” N 158°16’35” W
On a quest for nesting albatrosses!
April 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Caroline and I abandoned Nicholas at the condo and went for a 5km hike to see an albatross at Ka’ena Point, which is in a protected (from predators) wildlife preserve. We saw dozens includingRead more
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- Day 14
- Monday, April 29, 2019 at 9:00 AM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- United StatesHale‘iwa Beach Park21°36’4” N 158°6’17” W
Surfin Safari
April 29, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This morning the three of us took a two hour surfing lesson. Since we all went, we have no pictures. Nicholas did the best of all of us and was standing up pretty good by the end of the lesson. TurnsRead more