Aloha

So I am very behind on this whole blogging thing.  After returning from Africa, I decided my life was no longer that interesting, so I stopped blogging.  And while, for the most part, my life does consist of very mundane, everyday kinds of things.  I do, every once in a while, have something fun to blog about.  So here I am again, blogging!  Woohooo!

So in May of this year (I know a few months ago, I'm a bit late getting this up on the blog), I was lucky enough to travel to Maui.  While there we did some pretty incredible things.  Before leaving for the trip, I took a 6-week scuba class so I could do some diving in Hawaii.  While in Maui, I went on six dives, played on gorgeous beaches, attended a traditional luau, went zip lining, ate delicious food and saw beautiful sites.  Here is a summary of my trip in pictures :)  We were lucky enough to have an underwater camera and got to capture the ENTIRE trip's activities. 

Watching the sunrise of Mt. Haleakala (volcano).  We had to wake up at around 2 am, take a long bus ride, wait around in the freezing cold, to watch the sun come up.  But it was worth it, so beautiful.

 

Crater of Mt. Haleakala. 

Practicing my skills in the pool before heading to the ocean.  Trying to smile underwater.

"Under the sea, under the sea, darling it's better, down where its wetter, take it from me!"

Swimming along.  This picture is of me swimming along.

Again, just swimming along.

It was cold.  We were going down like 80 ft.  I was not really pumped.  A little scared actually.

Dive boat.  Last look above the surface.

You can start to see the ship we swam down to.  Kinda creepy!

Pretty fishies.  Lots of pretty fishies.

Gigantic sea turtle! 

Heading back up to the boat.  Going slow to equalize our ears, aka letting them pop.

Ziplining.  So scary.  So fast. So fun.

The beautiful sites from our walks from zipline to zipline. 

Last zipline of the day. 

State park we visited before leaving Maui.  Very lush and green. 

More beautiful moutains.

Getting the buried pig that was prepared for dinner.  It was delicious.

Sunset over the ocean.  The backdrop for the Luau.