Thursday, March 6, 2014

HI - Day 7 - Honolulu - Capitol

Stopped in Honolulu so I could visit the capitol (and Pearl Harbor)...



The middle of the capitol building was open...

Liberty Bell...every capitol has one...



Storms roll in quickly in Honolulu...


They let me stand behind the Governor's desk...

How quickly storms roll out...

Senate...

House of Representatives...

Proof Eeyore was there...

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

HI - Day 6 - Last Day on Maui

Last day on Maui...



Had to stop and visit the turtles again...










Heard good things about the Sugar Museum, so decided to check it out...

(find Eeyore to see how large this tire is!)






Driving around we stumbled upon a para-glider...


One last stop at the beach...


And then a bird sanctuary near the airport...






Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Hawaii - Day 5 - Beach Day

Our condo building in Haiku

And neighboring condo (where other friends stayed), and our rental car

Had to spent at least one day hanging out on the beach on Maui.  I went sea kayaking, while one friend went paddleboarding, and another slept on the most beautiful spot on the beach...


Now that's more like it



And we saw a ton of whales!  (albeit from a distance)


And other wildlife

We missed getting in here because it had just closed, but spoke with a volunteer for quite awhile on the deck

Ironically, didn't see any whales from the deck there, but it was still beautiful

Interesting vegetation in the parking lot


And more whales on our drive to dinner


Ended the day with an amazing sunset