awakened me every morning for 10 wonderful days.
One particular morning far down on the beach, I heard these people
singing a very lovely song.........in Hawaiian. They were doing motions with their hands to the sea and I was transfixed in wonder and awe.......it was so beautiful.
The photo is blurry as it was a slightly stormy morning......and I had taken this photo from my hotel balcony. In our hotel lobby and out on the pool, Hawaiian music played constantly. Sometimes there was live Hawaiian music performed in the lobby and at dinner .
Yes.......we have been in beautiful Hawaii.......on a magical trip that our
daughter wanted us to go along with her on.
She had every day planned with some new kind of place to see. From Honolulu, Waikiki beach ,
Oahu , and to the big island Kona.
It was a long, but pleasant plane flight from Texas, to Denver, to Hawaii.
We were welcomed with beautiful leis placed around our necks,
and found ourselves in a land of incredible beauty.
I fell in love with the mountains there
where clouds sat on top and mist fell down in the form of gentle light rain.
There were just as many flowers on trees as there were on the ground.
This is the Royal Poinciana
and this is the Plumeria
There were so many interesting trees.......I am not sure but I think this one may be the Koa tree,
and there were banyan trees
and monkey pod trees........
Speaking of monkey pod.......we ate at a wonderful
restaurant called The Monkey Pod
we also had a colorful meal at a luau.....the purple bread is taro bread, which
is a potato bread and very good.
we were also served pina coladas in a pineapple
the luau was a wonderful thing to see and to listen to
we visited Pearl Harbor
there are so many different kinds of beaches........coves with
large boulders
the Black beach where the sand
is all black from lava
and the waves have so many different hues of blue.
we spent a good part of the day swimming in Waimea Bay.
when the sun was setting......every where...... every night.......the torches were lit.
They are lovely along the beach and along the streets full of shops.
I end this now with a lovely sunset on Kaena's Point
Hawaii was a wonderful place to visit during the last summer days.
We are now back and back into our quiet, normal, routine.
We have so many good memories this year from our travels.
as you remember from my previous post, we visited our son in beautiful Washington/Oregon area.
and now we end the year's travels
with enchanting Hawaii.
So tell me.......have you traveled any where this summer or are you planning
to travel? I would love to hear
