HAVIN' FUN IN THE SUN!

Aloha!
Dawson and I have been keeping very busy!  The last couple of days we've spent here have been amazing...
1st of all we rented a jeep. Which was totally awesome!  At first I was a little concerned about driving around the island, but the locals and tourists all told me it was "easy", "no problem", so I thought why not! So on Saturday, Dawson and I decided to cruise around the whole island.  Making stops here and there along the way with the top down and the wind in our hair.  So great!!!
Our first stop on Saturday was Hanauma Bay.  It is THE snorkle spot in Oahu.  It was beautiful, but the water was a bit chilly, and it was packed to the gills!  We saw a ton of fish.  I think I understand now why the locals don't particularly like the tourists.  Tourists come over here and do some really completely stupid things like, stand on the coral!  I couldn't believe it.  But regardless of the dumb people, Dawson and I had a blast.
After snorkeling, we jumped into the Jeep and took off toward some scenic points.  On the way to our destinations, as the wind whipped through our hair, the sky began to darken and the clouds began to build, I began to worry. But then I remembered the girl at Enterprise say that it was "easy" to put the roof back on so I drove on too our next stop.  Which was the Halona blow hole.  Not sure how to explain it, but it was cool to see.  When we arrived it started to rain, and the top was down!  I tried with all my might to close that dog gone roof. I really did.  But then I decided to ask for help.  Because the rain started to come down a little harder.  2 GROWN MEN took about a half hour to close that dang thing!  I felt like an idiot.  But after a lot of swearing (by the men), me laughing, and me telling Dawson to plug her ears, we got that stinkin' roof shut!  Needless to say, the rest of our 2 day Jeep rental was done with a closed roof... wasn't about to risk that again!

Another fun thing we did Saturday, was drive over to North Shore.  Which Dawson had an amazing time!.  She played in the gigantic waves (on shore of course, I wasn't about to let her step foot in the ocean. So she sat on the beach and let the waves rush in.) . When I say gigantic waves, I'm talking GINORMOUS!!! HUGE!!  Plus there were surfers, and it was totally cool to watch them!  This was definitely a favorite spot for us!

Sunday, we did our whale watch cruise.  This was the most anticipated part of our whole trip.  Sadly, we didn't get to see any whales... BUT we did get to swim with dolphins!  That was amazing!  Dawson did such a great job snorkeling!  The dolphins were incredible, and the sea life was amazing.  We had such a good time and made a lot of new friends,  mostly with the "captain" and the "ship-mates" because the other "cruisers" were kind of dumb and couldn't follow directions.  I've entertained the idea of taking Dawson for another shot at some whales, but the cruises get a bit expensive. So I'm going to wait till the next time we come back to the Hawaiian Islands!!  That's right, I said next time!!

Today, we spent the whole day at the beach.  Playing in the water, and making friends.  Tonight we met a man, who was helping his friend who does some cool graffiti art on the streets, that was from Grand Rapids! Particularly JENISON!  He grew up on Baldwin near Boulder Bluff!  WHAT A SMALL WORLD!

Now we are in the hotel room, and Dawson is itching to get on the computer.
We miss everyone so much!
Love you all!
Salina