Okay, so my family decided to go visit HAWAII and luckily they invited me! Here are some awesome pictures just for you to enjoy.
The beautiful beach right outside our hotel.
Two of the brothers on the dive ship. My parents, Blake, Mitchell, and I are all dive certified. This was lots of fun, and my dad has better pictures on his camera, but unfortunately they are unavailable at this moment!
We did a deep dive (about 90 feet) down to a wreck. We then did a more shallow dive through some awesome lava tubes where we saw 4 sharks! Yeah... can't say I was especially excited about that because we had been watching Shark Week on the discovery channel. Not to mention it was a bit claustrophobic in the tube with 5 other divers, 4 sharks, and sea urchins lurking on the ocean floor waiting to stab unsuspecting victims. All-in-all, a very exciting and awesome experience!
Me and Mitchell were collecting leis at the Polynesian Cultural Center. I got three, and Mitchell had five (but only because he found 2 in the garbage!). By the way, I just love his huge smile, and the fact that he is now taller than me! When did that happen? We watched some guy start a fire and climb a tree, and some dudes from Tonga (and a random Chinese guy) pounded on some drums. We ate tons of delicious food at a luau - including some of the best pineapple and pork ever- and we saw a very cool dance and fire show.
I want you for... um... I can't think of anything clever. This is my dad being awesome.
Me and two of the brothers finally going surfing! We rented these boards and just taught ourselves. I can't say I was good at it, but I'm glad I went, and I really wish I lived by a beach so I could get good at it. So much fun, but it is a lot of work, especially when you are trying to control those giant beginner boards! Yet another adventure, this was technically a military beach, and you had to have military ID to rent a board. Luckily my dad worked for the government doing dentistry on a reservation his first year out of dental school - and they still accepted it. Way to go dad!
All in all, a phenomenal trip. Not to mention the sweet tan lines I came back with!
3 comments:
Awesome surfing pictures! You're so brave! Looks like you had a fabulous time!
so jealous. so very, very jealous. I can't wait to go back sometime. Although, I think the diving is out for me. My first (and only) time, I think I bit through the regulator (at least that's what I surmised from the instructor's mocking comments the next day), and had a horrible headache for over a week!!! yeah...
Ha ha, that's an awesome story about the regulator! Yeah, I've been diving since high school, but I don't get to go very often so it was very exciting for me!
The surfing was awesome, but just as I was finally figuring it out we decided it was time to leave. Bummer. Oh well, that means that I will just have to go back and try it again!
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