Hele Mei Hoohiwahiwa

* I'll be posting from San Diego tomorrow, unless a gathering of 3,000+ bloggers causes the hotel's Internet to crash! *

Hele mei hoohiwahiwa means come celebrate in Hawaiian.

I'm in the process of driving to a big conference today, so I'm going to share a few more glimpses of Hawaii with you.  If I share, it makes it exactly as if you were right there celebrating a Hawaiian vacation with me.

Maybe?

And yes, I am having trouble adjusting to the end of my vacation.

Is it obvious???

I took the above photo of coconuts right from "our" beach.  My son was sitting under the tree and I kept waiting for a coconut to fall on his head.  (It didn't, but one did fall later in the afternoon and he brought it to me as a "gift.")

This tree was right by our lanai.  Those are papayas you see up at the top.  (The yellow papayas are ripe; the green are not.)

This next photo was taken at Kaanapali Beach early in the day before it got crowded:

The water was so beautiful ... everything you'd imagine for Hawaii.

Can you stand another photo of a plant?

Hmmm ...

Which do you want to see - mangoes or bananas?

Okay, so the bananas won.  (They just seem more exciting than mangoes.  Also, I've got a weak spot for photos with lens flare.)

Here's something you'd never see in California:

It's illegal to ride in the back of a truck in California.

On Maui, we saw people riding around in the back of trucks all the time.  I couldn't get used to it.  By the way, the people in this particular photo found it very amusing I was taking their photo.  They probably thought my purpose in photographing them was to show friends Real Live Hawaiians vs. people riding in the back of a truck.

We also saw a lot of sea turtles.

(By a lot, I mean - too many to count, every.single.day.)

Of course, I now feel like I need to close with a sunset photo.  

Here's a shot I took of my daughter as she took a photo of the sunset with her iPhone.

I think she's caught the photography-bug.

Genetics are a funny thing! 

© Twenty Four At Heart 

Comments

[Jan]

*sigh* I told Beloved we should go to Hawaii this Christmas - and he actually started looking into it! Then my common sense got the better of me, and I reminded him we really can't afford it this year.

I need to learn to keep my mouth shut!!

[annie]

wow! beautiful pictures!

[Linda P]

WOW! I love all your photos but I REALLY love the Catamaran photo. Very nice. I've only been to the Big Island once. I'd love to go back and explore the others too.

[Kristen]

Man, I want to go back to Maui so bad. We keep saying "next year", then we either have to buy a car, remodel our kitchen, or paint the house. Dang it, I want to spend the money on a trip! Beautiful photos! Looks like you have a great place you like to stay at.