Trip to Kauai

Last month Doug and I took an amazing weekend vacation to Kauai.  We left early Friday morning and took the quick island-hopper flight over to Lihue.  From there we drove southwest around the island out to the Naval Missile Range.  It was pretty dry on that side of the island - very similar to where we lived in Ewa Beach.  We spent several hours exploring, poking around in little shops, and having a delicious lunch at a local deli before heading up to the north shore to our hotel in Princeville.  Thank you so much to my mom for sharing her timeshare with us for the weekend.  Our suite was beautiful and I was even created with a flower lei. 

We got rained on off and on throughout the weekend but both Doug and I enjoyed the cool rain (something I don't often experience where we live on Oahu) and breeze coming through the hotel room.  I actually felt chilly a few times (something I miss from the mainland!). 

For those of you who know our story, we got married and immediately headed for Saratoga Springs where Doug headed back to work just two days after our wedding.  So, no real honeymoon for us.  But, that is ok because I am a "make lemonaid" kind of lady and came up with a great, non-traditional solution.  Doug and I get to take 14 "Honeymoon Days."  These are days where we are doing something special or seeing someplace new together.  Our goal is to spread out the "honeymoon phase" and never take each other for granted.    Our previous honeymoon days included a trip to see Niagara Falls and a trip to Disney World.  Anyhow, the trip to Kauai is going on to the list of "Honeymoon Days."

Other than just exploring, enjoying the cool weather, and spending time together, our trip highlight was ziplining.  Here are a few pictures:

View from the ziplining

Off I go

Doug zipling

Photo Shoot

As a surprise for Doug I had some pictures taken this week.  The photographer is going to make them into a little photo book for Doug to take with him when he goes to sea.  I have only seen one of the pictures but thought I would share.  I also have to make sure to mention my photographer - Wendy Z.  You can check out her webpage to see the sneak peak of our photo shoot.  Wendy was so friendly and really fun!  She gave me a peak at her camera and I could tell the pictures are going to turn out great.  I would highly recommend her to any Hawaii friends interested in having pictures taken.