We began the morning stuffing ourselves with bagels, muffins, and whatever other breakfast items we had laying around. After everyone got showered and dressed, we headed out for Waimea (pronounced "why-may-a") Canyon. We had seen this beautiful sight from the air, but we wanted to get a closer view of it.
The made a (not-so) quick pit stop at a souvenir paradise store called Hilo Hattie to get some Hawaiian clothing, trinkets, toys, and candy. Then we were back on the road again, headed to the eastern portion of the island.
The winding road about made all of us in the car sick, but we finally made it to the top. And boy was it worth it.
I've never been to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, but supposedly this canyon is very similar, except that it's much greener. It was definitely one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen.
We managed to make it back down to sea level without hurling, stopped by a few shops, and then over to Po'iPu (pronounced "poy-poo") Beach and Spouting Horn. Spouting Horn is a spot on the beach where lava hardened a long time ago and created a platform that the ocean water travels under and then blows out of a hole in the rock like a geyser. The cool thing is that you don't have to wait ever 10 minutes for the geyser to "spout", but instead it shoots water at least 20 feet in the air every time a wave crashes into the beach. It was really cool.
We traveled back to our "home town" of Kapa'a and grabbed some grub at a family-owned buffet restaurant. It was actually the first meal since we been here that I wasn't too impressed with. Everything tasted funny.
We came back to the condo just in time to relax in the jacuzzi for a little while.
For those interested, I finally heard back from the dentist yesterday about my previous appointment. Apparently it went very well and they have now told me that they'd like for me to visit them as a regular patient, if I choose. Exciting, but it certainly gives me something to ponder while in this Hawaiian paradise.
Posted by Jeff at June 18, 2003 05:11 PM
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What amazing photos dude! This is so neat watching your vacation. I ought to take lessons from you.
Great news about the dentist! It's about time you take care of yourself. I'm not too thrilled with my dentist AT ALL. He's on my last nerve. Literally.
Posted by: Brian at June 19, 2003 01:07 AM
Sounds like you guys are having an amazing time! Great to hear about the dentist. At least at that dentist you wouldn't be sitting in the chair the whole time, if it all! Plus...Dental toys!
I've never been to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, but supposedly this canyon is very similar, except that it's much greener. It was definitely one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen.
