Aloha Time
28 Feb 2025
Welcome to Hawaii! We flew in to visit Cory's brother and his family, as they are very far away from home.
The beaches are pretty great too.
After getting in we went to the beach with our nephews and caught crabs! We also saw some chickens and a school of
fish!
The sunset was all the nicer after we got home, though it really blew out our phone cameras.
We spent some of the time away from the family, revisiting places we'd been when we lived here, included the Ko'hana Rum factory and Dole Plantation. We even saw some new places, like the Manoa Honey & Mead factory.
We didn't just spend time on the beach though, we enjoyed hanging out with Tyler and Sarah too, going to Paint
Night, doing jigsaw puzzle races and playing board games.
Tyler, the boys, and us went to Waimea Valley one day to see the botanical gardens and waterfalls. We had a
great time, despite Cory being a little under the weather and huffing and puffing after an easy 1.5 mile walk.
For lunch we took a detour into Haleiwa to get sandwiches at Storto's Deli, which were amazing, but huge.
The day ater Waimea we went to Wet n' Wild. The park had few people there, so we were able to ride everything we
wanted to without any lines.
Of course, most of what we have pictures of are the birds we saw there...
We left as they closed, just as the rain clouds came in.
It was time for a day away doing a hard hike that the family wasn't up for. We did the Hanauma Bay Ridge Trail and
it was really hot with some serious hills, but was really pretty.
At one point we were climbing straight down... Cory for tilt.
On the way up the side of the mountain, someone added an unauthorized dip to the trail! It was down ~100 feet before
climbing back up again for the final 300 feet.
We were really tired by the time we got off the hike, so went to Kona Brewing Company for lunch!
They had fish in the marina too!
We're having such a good time seeing our family and the island again!
