Hawaii Waterfalls

How about a return to Hawaii? When I went to Maui and The Big Island back in 2003 with my now ex, one of the things we did was a helicopter ride that went over part of Maui and part of Molokai. It was a ton of fun, and was a great way to see some of the great cliffs and waterfalls of Molokai. So here are a few of the photos I took, just for you!

Hawaii, Part 3

I'm back! Those of you who read my other blog (and that's pretty much all 5 or 6 of you ) know I had computer problems the first couple of weeks of November, and then after that I just kept running out of time to do posts over here in addition to everything else going on. Anyhoo, I'm hoping to get into a regular twice-weekly posting schedule. We'll see...

Now that it's getting cold pretty much everywhere in the Northern hemisphere, how about some more Hawaii photos? If you've ever been to Maui -- more than just passing through the airport -- you may have done or at least heard of The Road to Hana. It's a fairly well-known thing to do, an all day drive along the coast on a somewhat dangerous twisting turning road. One of the mottos for it is "It's the drive, not the destination." Or something like that. But it is indeed a beautiful drive, with lots of hidden and not-so-hidden turn-offs and pull-offs to see pretty flowers, gorgeous waterfalls, grottos tucked away from prying eyes, and other gems.

To whet your appetite and warm you up on what may be a chilly day, here are just a few photos from the drive along The Road to Hana:

Hawaii, Part 2

When I was in Maui in March 2008, they were technically under drought conditions. I don't recall now the severity or length, how little rain they'd had, etc., just that they were (lots of the waterfalls, for instance, were mere trickles or not even flowing). Nevertheless, there were still many spots where the lush tropical flowers were managing to bloom -- perhaps not as profusely as they would under normal conditions, but enough that they didn't seem lacking either.

I thought you might enjoying seeing some, so here are a few photos. I don't know the names, so I'll just present the photos as is; I also only had a couple of individual close-ups, I tend more towards enjoying the overall big splashy color effect than the close-up detail.

Hawaii Sunset, Part 1

As promised, here are a few photos from a beautiful Hawaii sunset for you all. I don't know about you folks, but even looking at photos of a nice sunset can drain a little of my stress.

For those who are interested in such things, these photos are from March 2, 2008 and cover just over a 5 minute period, at different zoom levels.

(As always, clicking on the photo leads to a larger, though not HUGE, version.)

6:24:54pm:

6:25:22pm:

6:27:38pm (obviously there's no sun in this one, just wanted to show the skies, clouds and colors just to the right of the sun, over the island of Molokai):

6:28:10pm

6:30:02pm

Ahhhhh....I feel better now. Hope you do too.

Hawaii! Part 1

I love Hawaii. If I could live there, I'd move in a heartbeat!

Well, maybe not. Too many friends and family in the continental United States for that really to be feasible. But maybe if I won the lottery and had my own private jet... And there's probably other problems with living there that I have no idea about, having only been a visitor.

I've been lucky enough to go to Hawaii twice in my middle-aged (is 44 middle-aged still?) life. Once 6 years ago with my then-hubby, for 2 weeks; one week on Maui and one week on the Big Island. And then again in March last year with my brother and his wife and our mom for a week on Maui. It's also looking like I'll get to go again next March for a week on the Big Island, with my brother, his wife, my sister, her husband, their two kids, and our mom. That's not for sure, but my fingers are crossed.

As you might guess, I have a lot of Hawaii photos from my two trips. A. Lot. So since my Texas skies certainly don't cooperate all *that* often for fabulous scenery, why then I might just as well share those on a semi-regular basis, too, right? Here's a couple to get us started.

This is from March 2008, looking out from our condo balcony up in the Honokowai area of Maui (just north of the popular Kaanapali tourist area), towards the island of Molokai.

And this one is looking back over the West Maui mountains.

Don't worry, friends, I'll have plenty of Hawaii sunset photos for you...and some whales, too!