R and R

DH and I managed to slip away for a week of R and R to one of our very favorite places - Hawaii.  It was great to completely unwind and enjoy the beauty that was all around us.

There were gorgeous sunrises.....

lots of sunny days at the beach.......

and yummy drinks as we enjoyed the sunsets.

Having lived on Oahu for a couple of years, we always enjoy returning to it and staying on the North Shore.   We did, however, venture out to visit our old stomping grounds.  We originally lived in an apartment on Makaha Beach.

From there we moved to a house up in Makakilo.  The house has been added onto since we lived there and the trees have all grown up.  When we lived there we had a view of the coastline from Diamond head all the way up the coast towards Makaha.  It was 45 years ago tomorrow that we drove from there to Tripler Hospital to deliver our second son.

Imagine the view before the trees grew.  

We hiked up to Wiamea Falls and took in all of the magnificent foliage along the route.

Coffee beans

This is called a Cannonball tree.  Loved it!

Of course we enjoyed the shaved ice and the well known food trucks...... highly recommended.

We went snorkeling and enjoyed rainbows every day.

Everything was so relaxing - even the stop signs.  Do you think if we changed ours from red that we would have less stress??????