hawaii

at south point, hawaii

a really lucky thing about aaron's job is that is sometimes takes him to cool places, like hawaii. the last two years he has works a week or so at the hawaii volcano observatory. after work is done, i scamper down to enjoy some sunshine with him. it works well.

we spent a few nights in this yurt. and spent some time swimming and snorkeling at a local beach. we also did the crater rim drive at volcano national park.

on our way to our second rental. we went to the southern most tip of the united states.

in all my splendor

obligatory cutsie pic

after a stop there, we went to Punaluu Black Sand Beach, where you can see sea turtles.

our second vrbo rental was slightly more posh and located in puna. we spent our mornings there going to the kapho tide pools, which was possibly my favorite part of the trip. i usually don't like snorkeling because i'm a wuss, and scared of things in the ocean, or of big waves swallowing me, or drinking sea water. none of those things happened here. bliss.

we also saw our good friends, wes and jenni, and their two beautiful children. it was really fun to catch up and be entertained by coen and marin. 

there were also a few late afternoons spent watching for whales by the coast (we saw a few!). all in all, it was a beautiful trip. and probably the last one with only the 2 of us for awhile.