Hawaii - November 2005

To get away from it all Scott and I took a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. We rented a private condo at Magic Sands Beach Park, where we stayed for 8 nights, we had such a good time. Here are a few photos and highlights of our trip.

A view of Magic Sands Beach from our condo complex

A view of our Condo Complex from the Beach

While we were in Hawaii there was a high surf warning, this lasted several days and when the waves finally settled down this was the veiw from the beach back to the condo complex. All the sand dissapeared - This is why it is call "Magic Sands" Beach Park

Scott and I out on the lava in the Kilauea Crater

Volcanoes National Park

Steam from where the Lava is entering the Ocean

Volcanoes National Park

Pu'u Loa Petroglyphs - Volcanoes National Park

Sulfur Deposits - Volcanoes National Park

Scott learning to surf and catching the first wave he tried for Kahluu Bay

Wiapio Valley - we hiked down to the black sand beach

Sea Turtles bask in the sun along the shore - the only place in the world that they do this

Scott with some carvings at PUUHONUA O HONAUNAU National Historic Park (Place of Refuge)

Rainbow Falls - near Hilo

A Kona Coffee Tree

A sun set from our condo on our last night