Last Weekend, Patrick and I went to Maui for a 2-day hippie art festival. Lucious waterfalls, 850 ft. cliffs, amazing food, camping with friends, and lots of art! I'll let the pictures do the talking!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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Last Weekend, Patrick and I went to Maui for a 2-day hippie art festival. Lucious waterfalls, 850 ft. cliffs, amazing food, camping with friends, and lots of art! I'll let the pictures do the talking!
We loved these girls!
They were so funny! The girl on the rightwas from Germany and was ALWAYS hungry. She said she had gotten a tapeworm in Africa, lost 30 pounds and the tapeworm, but still could eat anything she wanted and not gain a pound. I actually whitnessed her eating honey by the spoonful and pretty much everything else by the spoonful too (only when ladels were unavailable)!
Chopping spinach
Chopping 20 pounds of chopped spinach! I was lucky...someone else had to chop the onions!
Waterfall Jump-off Spot
The locals were more daring and jumped from the bridge. The rest of us were content with wading and floating!
John
Out friend John, enjoying life (and probably enjoying the fact that he was constantly surrounded by half-naked, beuatiful women wherever he went)!
Amazing costumes and masks
Stilt people
Did we mention that there were people on stilts? It really added to the bizzare circus feel nicely.
No words...
No words to express Patrick's immense disappointment when this massage goddess (in the most blissful setting I can imagine) said she was going to stop massages for the day when Patrck was NEXT in line!
Henna
Our friend Adelle has recently taken up the art of henna. The black peels off after 15 minutes or so and it leaves a light brown tatoo that lasts about a week.
We love hippies!
This picture really doesn't do it justice, but keep in mind that everyone here is a little strange and dances without inhibitions in vibrant costumes. It looked like a pinwheel in a windstorm. At first, we just watched as the sureal landscape of dancing hippies bubbled and popped in front of us. What fun!
Professional Hacker
It was amazing (and a little unnerving) to watch this guy hack away at the coconut husk with a machete. He was very good at it though!
Totally cocoNUTS!
Contrary to popular beleif, inside the coconut is NOT coconut milk! It's cocnut water, opaque, nutty, and very healthy ! Apparently, coconut water has the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. It's the fluid of life, so to speak. And get this, during the Pacific War of 1941-45, both sides in the conflict regularly used coconut water - siphoned directly from the nut - to give emergency plasma trasfusions to wounded soldiers.
Monday, February 11, 2008
My carving
Beth and Patrick's Killer Kauai Adventure
We just got back from a fabulous 3 day weekend in Kauai! Everything turned out better than we had planned! This was my belated birthday present to myself and I am still buzzing with excitement! Can't wait for the next trip!
Na Pali Coastline Sunset Dinner Cruise
What a fun experience (despite the fact that I felt seasick by the end). We made some friends, saw the beautiful Na Pali coastline (you can really only see it by boat or helicopter because it is such rough terrain), saw whales, dolphins, and ate yummy food! Oh, and did I mention it was open bar? ;)
Humpback Whale
We saw so many humpback whales from the boat! The Humpbacks migrate all the way from Alaska to Hawaii for the Winter (I don't blame them)! We saw a mom and a baby so close to our boat that even the captain said he was shocked. The couldn't have been more than 2 feet away!
Dolphin!
A group of about 10 dolphin swam along and played right beside our boat (I mean they were inches away it seemed)!
A Room with a View
Here's the view from our Ocean Front hotelroom! Patrick got us upgraded for free!
Zipline
I knew I wanted to zipline when we got to Kauai, but this description just sealed the deal for me: “Imagine the thrill of soaring and flying like a bird over a pristine rain forest! Fly across seven ziplines which descend a mountain side. Feel the rush as you glide over lush tropical forests and deep valleys below. You will begin with a fun and informative scenic ride in our four wheel drive adventure vehicle. Then, you’ll zoom down the mountainside, sailing along on a series of seven ziplines, as you make your way to the valley floor below. End your zip with a delicious picnic lunch in a bamboo grove and a refreshing swim. Relax, bask in the sun, or just soak in our natural swimming pool.
Our Pal Pono
Our main guide, Pono, was hilarious! He really made the tour complete. Also, he was very knowledgeable and told us the most interesting facts and stories.
"Run and Ball"
The idea of running off a platform and jumping off the edge (with a canyon below you) was a little unnerving at first, but became old hat by the end of the 7 zip lines.
Risky Rider
Patrick was the biggest dare devil of us all, swinging back and forth and twisting around and around!
Kayaking the Wailua River
On Sunday, we excitedly headed out to the kayak rental company, hoping to kayak to the fern grotto, only to be told that no one rents kayaks on Sunday. Disapointed but not discouraged, we set off to have a great day anyway. In our rather aimless wanderings we stumbled upon (what do you know) a kayak rental company that was open for business! What amazing luck! As it turned out, it was in a much better location than the other kayak rental companies and they recommended a hike to secret falls. The hike can only be accessed by kayaking up the river and was described as "muddy". Needless to say, we were sold!
Water dance
Were we rented the kayaks, the man said that we'd see a rope and we should cross the river there. Well, apparently this was not the rope he meant! The rope he was talking about we found on the way back, strung horizontilly along a rather shallow, narrow portion of the river. The part of the river we crossed was extremely swift (and pretty deep) and I danced all around while clinging for dear life to the rope until I got to the bank! Notice Patrick is taking pictures...not helping! :)
Wow!
We stepped out of a dense forrest into this lush, wild field with creeping vines everywhere! We were never really sure if the trail we were walking had been traveled before by humans or just wild boars (one of the few people we had seen on the hike, said they had seen boars). On the way back we found the real trail, but we were glad we were a little lost on the way there or we would have never found these beautiful sights!
Off with the Slippers!
Eventually, it became so muddy, that we had to take off our slippers (flip flops) and hike bare feet. Squelch...squelch...
Secret Falls
The Wailua River became the center of activity for early Hawaiians and is known as one of Hawaii's most sacred places. Secret Falls is encased in green and is simply breath taking. I think the difficulty of the hike made it even more stunning and rewarding.
"The Chickens"
Did we mention we were surrounded by roosters and hens? They didn't sound like they were very happy about us discovering their secret place! If Alfred Hitchcock had traveled to Secret Falls, he surely would have been inspired to made a sequel to "The Birds".
Fern Grotto
We finally made it to the fern grotto, a natural lava rock grotto draped in ferns. We also discovered it was a natural ampatheater and perfected our echoing techniques!
Friday, February 01, 2008
Bend, Oregon
I got to see my dad and his girlfriend, Ann, over New Years! They have been busy fully remodeling the house from floor to ceiling! It was really exciting to see how close they are to finishing the house! I also got to see my good friend Rachael while I was visiting! This is the beautiful Mt. Bachelor!
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