We had 2 layovers one in DFW and one in LAX before we landed in Honolulu, Oahu. We barely had enough time to get the rent car and drive to the hotel, then a beach nearby. Here is a picture of the 1st sunset we saw in Hawaii and Sophie's 1st encounter with a beach/the ocean. Fort Derussy Beach was the closest to our hotel and seemed to be a popular spot with the locals that night. There were lots of surfers!
Lee and Sophie
We stayed at the Waikiki Prince Hotel and our room overlooked the marina. It was beautiful! Here is a map of the location of the hotel:
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and the view from our room:
Our first morning on Oahu we woke up around 8 HST (not bad!) and I gave Sophie her alphabet cards to play with while Lee and I packed up to go to Sandy Beach (the beach we were married on) and Lanikai. She kept saying the letter that was on one side and "is for" the picture on the back just like her leap frog magnet toy. LOL Like, "A is for Apple". Those toys are genius! She has learned so much from them!
1st up was Sandy Beach Park. A beautiful place with lots of happy memories! Sophie loved it too!
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and a couple pics from our wedding here in June 2004
We quickly got back on the road and drove to our favorite Lanikai Beach. One of the great things about Hawaii is the traffic. Don't laugh! OK ,maybe not the traffic, but the drivers. Everyone is so gracious and people actually let other people onto the road. So different from back home! We were slowed down quite a bit by some construction in Waimanalo and it was amazing to see everyone letting people in and it seemed like everyone was just happy to be there even if they were stuck in traffic!
Lovely Lanikai beach is just south of Kailua. The islands in the background are called the Mokuluas or the "Mokes". They are so gorgeous!
That night we ate in Kailua at a gourmet pizza place and then had a Lanikai Juice afterwards (Which apparently Matthew Fox frequents). MMMM yummy!
Wish we had seen him here!Friday morning we woke up and headed to Fort Derussy Beach again just past the Hilton Hawaiian Lagoon. The beach was not impressive compared to Lanikai but the view was beautiful still! And oh the palm trees!
That afternoon we drove up to the North Shore and spent the day with Abby, Chelsea, and BJ! It was Abby's 2nd birthday party! We all had an amazing time!
These girls are just so sweet together. Now if we could just live anywhere near each other again.
During the party, the girls snuck away to play in Abby's room. They have grown so much since last year and they actually play like little girls now. Awww
Saturday (our last day on Oahu) we drove back up to the North Shore and played at Turtle Bay with Abby and Chelsea again. It was a great time! We miss our friends. :(
Sunday morning we got up really really early (like 3:45 HST) and flew to Maui. We were able to rent a jeep there and Maui is seriously the most beautiful place on the planet. It is so lush and so green.
Sophie fell asleep in her stroller, but after she woke up we ate lunch and got ready and went to the beach!
More Maui pics and the rest of our vacation to come later! Keep watching!
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