Week 10 and Hawaii

Bryan and I wanted to plan a trip that was something we haven't done, a place we haven't been before, kind of like a once in a lifetime trip before we had kids. At the time of booking our trip to Hawaii we did not know we were pregnant. The trip truly did turn into a babymoon......I had never heard that term before but Bryan's boss mentioned it so I had to look it up.  :)

We had amazing trip to the Island of Kauai, the furthest Hawaiian island from the mainland. I of course took lots of photos and won't bore you with them all on the blog....I'll just post a few of the highlights from the trip. If you would like to see more I do have some posted on my facebook page.

The Lihue aiport was open aired.....
this is the location for baggage claim

We hiked part of the Kalalau trail that went above the trees
on the left in this picture and over looked the ocean

This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip.
This was the Kilauea Lighthouse on the North Shore.



Ho'opi'i Falls #1



Ho'opi'i Falls #2

 Hiking to these falls was one of my favorite things we did during the trip. The trail to the falls was actually located in the middle of a neighborhood and we almost didn't notice it. The entrance to it was pretty small.



Waimea Canyon- I've never been to the Grand Canyon
 before but this view was amazing. Not something you would expect to see in Hawaii.

 

One of our favorite places at the beach....so peaceful







One of our favorite things to do was watch the Sunrise
at our hotel when we were staying in Kapaa the first 4 nights.
With the time difference it was pretty easy for us to be up by 6:15 to watch.





Koa Kea Resort





Views of the Na Pali Coast from the water. 

We took a sunset sailing cruise with Captain Andy's to view the other side of the coast. To get full views you either have to take a helicopter or a boat ride. I enjoyed going but Bryan felt a little motion sickness from it. There definitely were some waves and it wasn't the smoothest boat ride. It got pretty cold on the ride back so we both couldn't wait to get to the hotel to get a hot shower. The view of the coast from this angle was amazing. We got fairly close to the cliffs and it totally put the size of them in prespective.