Tuesday

Tuesday we headed off to the Waimea Valley and Waimea Falls!

On the way we passed "Queen Emma Street," we'd passed it before so I knew it was coming so I got my camera ready.

 I figured my Emma would get a kick out of it, after all, she does want to be a princess!

Waimea Valley is so pretty. I'm sure you've seen it in movies. "Joe Versus the Volcano," "Journey 2," "Chimpmunks, Chipwrecked," "Lilo and Stitch," just to name a few and the movies I've seen and heard of.

Lily pads

 This tree is called a Cannon Ball Fruit Tree. The fruit is not good for you but the flower is pretty

 I forget what kind of bird this is but they are endangered, there are like 500 left in existence, and we saw many of them.

 Can't go to Hawaii and not put a flower in your hair!

 This is a replica of the huts the natives lived in

 Mike's turn

 The hike to the falls isn't really a hike. It's a paved road, not hard at all. It's 3/4 a mile and if you go straight there, it'll take ya 30 minutes. We wandered off the path and explored so it took us at least an hour to get there, but when we did, it was AMAZING!

 The pool at the base of the falls you can swim in. You have to wear a life jacket cause there is a sudden 30 foot drop. The water is brisk but felt really good after a walk in the sun.

We made a deal with a family that we'd take their picture if they'd take ours!

 Just a pretty flower we found on the walk back from the falls.

 On our way back, we stopped at another beach on the North Shore. This one was not for swimming, the waves were crazy and the rocks were jagged, but oh so pretty.

 Funny story, Mike was exploring on the rocks and found some crabs running around. He asked me for the camera to take some pictures, but instead, a wave crashed up on the rocks and got him soaked!

 This just reminds me of a postcard

 We passed Queen Emma Street again too!  This time from a different way.