Aloha from Hawaii!!!


Last September Al and I went to the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii. For me, it was a long awaited trip. I've wanted to go to Hawaii since I was in junior or senior high school. Growing up in Upstate New York, I never thought it would ever happen. I was only a little country girl and Hawaii seemed a million miles away. Last September I finally made it. I took so many pictures, I don't even know where to begin.

I have always admired sunset pictures and had a lot of fun trying to capture a few of my own Hawaiian sunsets. This one was taken September 20th, on our 1st night in Oahu. I still had stars in my eyes with the realization I was actually here!!

I continued to take sunset pictures almost every night, hoping to capture the "perfect" one. These were also taken in Oahu.

These last two were taken from our hotel in Kauai. One was taken on our first night there, about 1/2 way through our 10-day vacation. The other picture is taken from another location at the hotel and was my last Hawaiian sunset as we left for home the next day.

We obviously had a lot of other beautiful scenery and things to take pictures of while we were there. We saw several of these cute little Red-Crested Cardinals on both islands. We saw other interesting birds, but the pictures were not that great. On both islands there were wild chickens everywhere.

And, of course, the views were one spectacular scene

after another....

...and another

... and another

and.......I could go on and on, but there isn't enough room on my blog to capture all the beauty. The flowers in Hawaii were breathtaking, but that will have to be reserved for another post. Once again, I stand in awe of an amazing God who created so much beauty that I can only wonder at what heaven will be like.