The sound of waves crashing on a sandy beach......

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