Day 9! Our trip is almost over, sad to say, but we've been gone for a week and a half now, and it will be nice to get back to our own home & puppy dog. PLUS we have heard a lot of snow is melting! Today we decided to go see the North Shore in a different way - on a motorcycle. Mike rented a Harley Davidson, and I rode on the back. I'd never done that before, so that was a VERY new experience for me. We first headed out for breakfast @ Joe's on the Green (go...

Day 8! We were rudely awakened by the alarm going off @ 6 am - yesterday I THOUGHT I'd turned it off while in the light, but obviously did not. Today I wasn't going to attempt it @ 6 am in the dark, so I just unplugged the darn thing. It's vacation and we had no where to be bright & early. Mike booked us surfing lessons @ noon, as a guy had told him according to the tide tables, that was the time to go. It's handy that the lessons are given right on the bea...

Day 7 (Happy St.Patty's Day!)! The alarm rang at 6 am (although Mike was already up and about) for an early day. Today, we were doing a catamaran cruise of the Na'Pali Coast. We drove into Port Allen Harbor & had enough extra time that we grabbed a quick breakfast @ McDonald's Drive-Thru. I decided to take the anti-nausea meds again as the waves were to be high and I have been sick on the "high seas". Mike even took one just to be safe. He's never...

Day 6! I'm actually typing this on Day 7 (Thursday in Hawaii, Friday in MN - what an odd concept) because I was just too tired to handle it yesterday. We called our "Expedia booking agent" (aka the activities desk) first thing this morning and got booked on a kayak/hike trip to "Secret Falls". This had been recommended to me by a friend, and so we really wanted to do it. We ate a very healthy breakfast of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, and hun...

Ah, Day 5 in paradise! We got up this morning, and relaxed & read books for a while in our room or our on our lanai (deck). I did a load of laundry since I didn't want to bring over 10 changes of clothing (extra since I tend to spill on myself) for the trip and not have to check a 2nd bag. They are trimming the Banyan trees right now on the resort, and after cutting off a limb w/a chainsaw, they chop off the smaller branches w/a machete. I've helped cut ...