Morning of Easter
21 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Sunrise and eggs
Lava Tube!
21 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 heartMeer informatie
On the road up Mauna Kea
21 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We’re going up the mountain. Visitor centre at 9000 feet, summit around 14,000 if we go that high.
Telescopes at the top
21 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
So cool to see all the research telescopes.
Sunset at the top
21 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Worth the wait
Science
22 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 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 weMeer informatie
Under the Sea
22 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We all live in a yellow submarine....in Kona!
New digs
22 april 2019, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
New place for the evening. And a visit to the nearby waterfront.
Two Step
23 april 2019, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Our first snorkel of the trip
Coffee Shack
23 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Kona Coffee, ono, luau bread, coconut pie etc etc
Also an avocado tree next to the lenai.
Underwater!
23 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Got the old Olympus camera wet for the first time at Two Step beach.
Captain Cook Monument
24 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 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 usMeer informatie
Coffee Farm
24 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A tasting at/ with Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Growers. We tried 4 types of coffee...all wonderful:)
Pearl Harbour Part I
25 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Submarine Museum
25 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
N took many photos. Here are a few.
North Shore
25 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Just arrived at the North Shore of Oahu.
Dinner at Haleiwa Joe's
25 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 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 AuntyMeer informatie
Pearl Harbor Part 2
26 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
USS Arizona Memorial and Mighty Mo
Mighty Mo
26 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Touring the decks. Admiring the big guns.
Sunset
26 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Walking along the beach park.
Pacific Aviation Museum
27 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 sawMeer informatie
ReizigerTom 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.
Shrimp truck, shave ice, sunset.
27 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Food truck was on our to do list, followed by Matsumoto’s shave ice (shaving machine shown). And an awesome sunset.
Laniakea Beach
28 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Where the layson turtles beach and sun. We saw 5 altogether, the pictures are all of Oakley: adult male 35 yrs old.
On a quest for nesting albatrosses!
28 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 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 includingMeer informatie
Surfin Safari
29 april 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 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. TurnsMeer informatie