This trip to Hawaii was unreal. I mean, absolutely amazing. We did and saw things that really are once in a lifetime opportunities. I jumped off a freaking waterfall! Well, Josh did too, but he wasn't nearly as scared as I was! That was during our rain forest and waterfall hike. That was pretty bad ass. I definitely didn't think I was going to be jumping off waterfalls that day. I actually jumped off 2. Go me! We saw a mama and baby whale next to our boat on the way back from snorkeling in the most amazing site ever and then we saw mama whale breach twice so close to us! It was truly unbelievable. And loud! Everyone on the boat just stood there with our jaws on the floor. That thing was MASSIVE. I have pics of all of this but I'll post a picture post next week when I get them all uploaded. The snorkeling was at Molokini, which is this half moon looking island that is SO clear and there are thousands of fish and so much coral. Josh was in heaven. We were the last ones to get back on the boat and they had to call out to us that it was time. heh! Josh would point at one and then come to the top and be like, "Did you see that rainbow banded trigger???" I'm like, "uh, the purple one? Yeah totally saw that!" He was geeking out over the fish...but hey, that's his thing. Whenever we saw one that is the same kind of fish we own I was like, "did you see that gigantic Eugene??" Well, because I've named all our fish old people names, and he would laugh at me. All in all that experience was so cool. We had a luau with his company that was fun and they catered dinner at this place called Sugarman's Estate on our first night and the food was RIDICULOUS. I mean...so freaking good. Also, Steven Tyler had just purchased the house next door to Sugarman's so I was totally hoping to see him, but he wasn't there. That's probably for the best, as I would have made a scene and embarrassed Josh in front of his co-workers. ;)
We also decided to take the road to Hana. I'm SO glad we did it. It took quite a bit of convincing Josh to do it because he wasn't really interested in spending a day of his vacation in a car BUT I won and we took the trip. We got a jeep wrangler and opened the top (which was how I convinced the boys to go...however this has completely backfired on me because now Josh wants a wrangler and will NOT stop talking about it...oy!) But let me tell you about this trip. It was so cool. I would so have regretted it if we hadn't done it. We saw black sand beaches, walked through lava tubes, stood in the middle of the ocean on hardened lava, ate a chili cheese dog on the way (per the guidance of our "road to Hana" CD - it was delicious) saw AMAZING waterfalls (also saw one from the top which was really cool) drove through Hana (if you blink you'll miss it) and then instead of taking the road back down we kept going and drove the back side of Maui back to the resort. That was Josh's favorite part. We were legit off-roading on skinny roads with nothing in between the car and the gigantic cliff leading to death by pacific ocean. It was scary as hell and Josh was giggling like a little girl in pink panties the whole time. Probably because he was driving so he knew he was in control...while the rest of us (me and the Curran's...we practically did the entire vacation together :)) were clenching our butt cheeks. The views were incredible. Different from the road to Hana. Not green and lush like the irrigated side, but rocky and there was this one area that looked like the grand canyon. We were all like, "Whoooooooaaa!!" It was just so cool. Did I mention I'm so glad we did it?!
The day after Hana was when everyone else left, but we switched resorts for 2 days. So glad we did that! I was not ready to come back. What was super cool was that we decided to rent snorkel gear from our resort and check out the beach right there. Um...there were 4 gigantic sea turtles right on the lava bed like 2 feet from the shore. There was a sea turtle roughly 24 inches from my face at one point. I can't tell a lie...when that thing looked at me in the face I freaked and grabbed Josh's leg and swam as fast as I could backward. I mean, sure they're docile and all...until they're not. That bitch could head butt me or flap his goofy flipper and knock me out! What? I'm a complete scaredy cat...it's fine.
The trip was a once in a lifetime trip and I'm so glad we got the opportunity. Maui FTW!
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