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Wednesday, July 16th

The morning started with an early tee time for the guys at the beautiful Princeville Golf Course.  I drove them over and was thrilled to see this rainbow over the course…end to end.  Isn’t that spectacular?!

Meanwhile, Dana and I got ready and headed down to the pool at their resort (Westin Villas) to relax.  It was a gorgeous day and perfect temperature.  I went to pick up the guys when they were done.  We had a yummy lunch at the Westin.  Then sunbathed some more. 

Around mid-afternoon we decided to venture out to one of the places we had read about just a few blocks from the resort.  It’s called Queen’s Bath…another secluded little area tucked in a lot of volcanic rocks.  It’s a “pool” that you can swim and snorkel in. 

After enjoying the fish and calm waters there, we looked over to what we named “King’s Bath” and saw some “kids” (people younger than us) swimming and jumping from the cliffs.  This is what King’s Bath looked like.

If you know me well, you might know I have a history of jumping off things.  For some reason, jumping gives me some sort of “thrill”.  I like the challenge.  I like being able to say I did it.  So, of course, I decided that I MUST jump King’s Bath.  Dana, always the sane voice of reason, decided to take pictures.  Derek, always the other voice of reason, decided to jump off the “low” rocks with us, but not go any higher (he snorkeled instead).  Matt and I, always the voices of insanity decided to attempt all three heights (small, medium and high).  I will demonstrate now with Dana’s awesome pictures:

SMALL:

 

MEDIUM:

HIGH:

First we needed to contemplate our options (and our fate if it went wrong). 

I went first, with the help of some onlookers counting for me!  (That’s Derek in the water.)

Then (finally – poor Dana was getting a sunburn waiting for us to get up the courage to jump) Matt went.  But first he had to wait for a sea turtle to swim out of the way (how cool is that?!).

THAT.WAS.FUN!!

That night we went out to a restaurant called “Postcards” in Hanalei.  It had been recommended by my flight buddies (Rick and Sarah).  And it did not disappoint.  It’s a little house and they grow some of their herbs and vegetables in the backyard.  Everything is organic and gourmet.  It was great!  I loved it.

Got this great picture of Dana and Matt out front:

Sidenote: While I was typing up this post, Samuel decided to peel and eat his own banana.  You can imagine the mess that made.  I guess he was feeling neglected! 🙂