Elizabeth & Brendan

So we started off on a less populated island and ended on the most populated. Honolulu looked like Miami or LA. Our main reason to go was to see Pearl Harbor. I had wanted to go save the survivors of Flight 815 but we didn’t have time. It is actually fortunate we didn’t go since they are no longer there but in somewhere in the 1970s. But I digress.

Pearl Harbor:

We then headed back to the mainland on Thanksgiving day. I got a bit upset eating Burger King on Thanksgiving but Brendan happily ate away.

More updates on our life to come…

We did some island hopping while in Hawaii. So after four amazing days in Kauai we went to Maui. And the day we flew was a Saturday. And a Saturday in the fall can mean only one thing. College Football. More specifically, BC football.

Here is Brendan at the Rusty Harpoon.

To be honest, the bar was packed with various college football fans and it was pretty enjoyable. Plus it was raining so I didn’t care.

We also went to some beaches.

While in Maui we went to the Old Lanai luau and fun. Luckily for us it was prior to Swine Flu mania. So I felt fine eating the pig underneath this dirt.

We got up super early one morning and took the road to Hana. And I wish we slept in. We saw lots of waterfalls.

And a black sand beach. I wanted to go into the water but they said it was too rough.

Past the Seven Sacred Pools is a hippie farm which may be a commune, we are not sure. They don’t have electricity in the hut so you power the blender by biking. Here is Brendan working for his beverage.

Unfortunately we listened to the hippie chick and decided to take the other road back to civilization. We both thought we would never make it back. We lost cell phone reception and GPS reception, saw buckshot holes in the few signs we did see, and rarely saw another car on the road. We were in the middle of nowhere, literally.

We left the hills of San Fran for the 50th state. And the relaxation was about to begin. First stop Kauai, the Garden Island. Brendan planned activities for Kauai, two to be exact.

A helicopter ride which had us meeting Keith Robinson and he was a very interesting guy.  His family owns most of Kauai and the entire island of Niihau.  We helicoptered onto his land and he showed us some rare species of taro.

Pictures from the helicopter ride:

Brendan also arranged for a zipline tour. Yes, I zipped through the air. I purposely wore the Marvel Comics Super Heroes tee shirt that I bought for Brendan but then decided I liked it more than he did so I kept it.

After we ziplined, the group walked to a waterfall and pool of water. It is here that I jumped off the cliff (25 feet) into the water much to Brendan’s surprise.

We also did nothing. Here is the view from the hotel beach.

And here I am feeding the hotel Koi.

I wish I was back on the island. Permanently.

We stopped in San Francisco on our way out to Hawaii. It helped break up the trip a bit and eased us into our vacation.

So I didn’t know that San Francisco was very, very hilly. Very. Hilly. But it is beautiful. We walked almost everywhere.  Well we did walk everywhere but we didn’t walk everywhere in San Francisco.

We saw cable cars.

Walked up to Coit Tower and the view was amazing.

The best part was taking the night tour of Alcatraz. It was so cool to walk around the “rock”. I actually got a bit freaked out during the tour when we went into the “hospital”. It was very dark and then I know someone died in that place. And that someone was waiting there to scare the crap out of me. So I ran downstairs to the other part of the building.

While walking around we happened upon the Musee Mechanique which was a collection of old time arcade games. We spent a lot of time, and quarters, in this place.
I loved the little peaks into a different time.