Month: June 2016

  • Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Conclusion

    Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Conclusion

    As I publish this, we’re sitting in the Maui airport waiting for our flight home.  This was a fairly eventful trip!  We went ziplining, snorkeling, attended a luau, watched the sunset from a volcano, and even toured a pineapple plantation.  We also went to a different beach every day.  But there was still plenty that…

  • Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 7

    Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 7

    We started today with a tour of the Maui Gold Pineapple plantation.  We got to see pineapples at varying stages of development, including fields that had just been planted a few months ago.  Fairly early into the tour we stopped for a pineapple sampling, and our tour guide used his machete to pick, peel, and…

  • Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 6

    Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 6

    Another morning spent at the beach, only this time we brought snorkel gear that we rented.  We spent half our time there snorkeling before heading back for lunch. After lunch we drove to the Haleakalā Volcano, home of both the Haleakalā Observatory and the Haleakalā silversword.  We reached the summit about 20 minutes before sunset,…

  • Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 5

    Anna’s Hawaiian Vacation: Day 5

    We started today with a Segway tour of Lahaina.  After a short tutorial on how to ride a Segway, our tour guide took us all over the town! Our first stop was at the Lahaina Jodo Mission, a Buddhist temple home to one of the largest Buddha statues outside of Asia. …