Hawaii ~ The Big Island 6/6/09 / 6/8/09

Welcome to Hawaii! Dan and decided to celebrate being married for 15 years by taking a trip together alone to Hawaii. Hawaii is somewhere I have always dreamed of visiting, but never thought I'd actually get to go to. I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing us to take this dream vacation to celebrate our marriage and the beauty of Hawaii!!!

First Day
We flew into Honolulu, had a three hour layover there and then flew to the Big Island of Hawaii. Here are some pics from the plane of Honolulu.




It was really beautiful flying over the Hawaiian Islands. You could see them from beginning to end.

We didn't spend any time in Honolulu except the airport. It was really beautiful. The airport was half open and there were glamorous shops there. Like a big shopping mall.

The airport at the Big Island in Hilo - was almost all open air. (Guess we didn't get any pics!) It was like nothing we had ever seen before. It was raining when we got there. The rain was like a light mist.

We were going to the volcano, Mauna Kea, and you need a four wheel drive vehicle, so we rented this sporty Jeep! Fun!

This is our hotel on the big Island. It is really beautiful, but it was really old.

Here is the view from our hotel. Stunning! It was rainy and cloudy alot while we were there. It doesn't stop anybody from being at the ocean though!!

This park was full of kids and families, playing Frisbee, cooking out and swimming!!!

There is a five hour time difference in Hawaii. When we arrived in Hilo, our final stop, it was 5pm local time but 10pm TX time! We were bushed!! Needless to say, our first stop in Hawaii was the bed!

I will post our trip day by day...Next up, the highest point of Hawaii!!! Maunu Kea Volcano!!