I have a dear friend, Allison Richardson, who was one of my best friends in high school has been bugging me since last summer to go to Hawaii with her. Given that tickets were so cheap this summer I just couldn't resist, and I invited my roommate, and best friend, Amanda Bluth to come as well. Having decided it is always more fun to just disappear and have people find out later that you were at a wicked cool place, we didn't tell a soul. Below are some of my favorite pictures from the secret extravaganza!
The day we got there we were walking down bikini beach, and i found this old school hut...I love that Amanda is in the background staring at the beach (it wasn't even planned, but it's perfect)!
The Hawaii Temple is currently under major renovations, but it was still beautiful to walk on the grounds.
You might think that your eyes are bigger then out stomaches...
...but we did finish it! (Though I'm not sure that was the most brilliant thing we've ever done.)
We were walking by this park and kept hearing a rooster, and for our lives could not see it...look closely...top third of the photo, and just right of the middle of the photo...maybe even double click this so you can better see that there is a rooster over 20 feet up in a tree! Who knew they flew?
We really loved this statue at the Polynesian Cultural Center...no more explanation needed...
Be the statue...how'd we do?
I don't think we were trespassing here...there was no tape blocking it off! ;)
Prepping to go snorkeling, I love it!
Shark's Cove, sweet place for snorkeling...don't climb on the large coral rocks at the edge of cove...waves come, coral cuts...blood, pain...ouch! (bad, bad, bad idea!)
I love how touristy she looks! Don't you?
Just resting from a long day of beach hopping, enjoying a good acai bowl! YUM!
The next three photos are on Sunset beach at sunset...i think this one is so perfect!
Yes...I know my leg is not straight, that's why it's so funny!
Amanda and I in slow-motion, battling to the death...
Dole Pineapple Plantation...red pineapples! I learned so many things in hawaii that I'd never before conceived in my simple mind!
Hitchhiking...it's a beautiful thing! We did it quite a lot...(don't talk to my mom about it, she was NOT happy about this)...it was perfectly safe, we were traveling by 3! (Plus I'm a black belt in karate...ok, so I'm not...but I'm a fighter if situation should require such!)
I love what a small world this world of ours is! The second day we were there I look over, and see Cody Easterbrook (a good high school friend of Allison's older sister and my older sister)! We ran into him throughout the whole week, and hung out some...here we turned him into a mermaid...an obese mermaid, haha.
I don't know why, but I felt a burning desire while I was there to play Moglie's girlfriend (ya know, the JungleBook?) and so I practiced balancing many different things on my head...not bad, eh?
I just felt like going around and kissing all sorts of men there too...I think this is such a classic, college vacation picture.
This was a real man, dressed entirely in newspaper...I couldn't resist, when he looked down I ran up, kissed him on the check, and then ran off.
The last couple of days we stayed with a family Allison is good friends with, and they live on a Marine base, super sweet place! We went for a leisurely stroll, and I hid in the bush and felt like Jane of Tarzan!
Don't you love our floppy hats?!? SO CUTE!
This should be a greeting card...
It started raining, and Amanda and I danced in it...so tender, I know!
Eating the rain with my best friend...does life get better then this? I submit that it does not!
Memorial Day we went boogie boarding on one of the Marine private beaches, and this huge cargo plane comes in to land at the airstrip right there! SO COOL!
That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed my photo's, I certainly enjoyed the vacation, it was in the top 5 of fav trips!
