Hawaii--Part 2

Hawaii is paradise! The views and the scenery are amazing. I took some pictures as we drove around the island of all the beautiful things.

This is the 'Tunnel of Trees' road

This is one type of trees that I loved. It looked like some type of pine tree.

I'm not sure what type of tree these are, but they are so cool looking.

There are different birds everywhere in Hawaii.

Especially roosters- all over the place.

The flowers are to die for. Bryce took these two shots.

Waimea Canyon is kind of like Hawaii's Grand Canyon. It is about 13 miles up a winding road but it is so awesome to see.

The boys enjoyed running from the huge waves on this beach.

This is called 'Spouting Horn' on the south side of the island.

We were able to see some huge whales on Poipu Beach.

Bryce got some great pics.

When Bryce and I went to Hawaii 3 years ago, we went kayaking down the Wailua River and then hiking to a waterfall. We decided to take the boys on the same excursion.

We rented 2 ocean kayaks and I went with Tyler and Bryce and Brayden went together. It was a bit harder than I remember, but last time I had Bryce in my kayak.

This is a river we had to cross. It had been raining a lot on the island and the hike was quite muddy. I was pretty proud of myself for being so adventurous, because that is very unlike me.

This was a small waterfall on the hike. Pretty awesome huh?

The boys found some great hiking sticks along the way.

This is the waterfall that we hiked to. Bryce was brave enough to swim in it. Tyler didn't want to at first because it was pretty cold, but he eventually got in.

There was also a swimming hole with a rope swing along the river and the boys enjoyed that.

I just took the pics. The picture above is Tyler and Bryce below.

This is Brayden. He didn't let go but had fun swinging!

On the way back we decided to tie the kayaks together and tow the boys behind us. It worked pretty well.

I can't remember the name of these falls but they are awesome. On our last trip Bryce and his brother hiked to the top of them and looked over the edge. SCARY!! It is a long way down.

On the last day of our trip, we decided to take a sunset whale watching boat ride. We saw a few whales jumping, but they weren't real active. Bryce tends to get sea sick but we got him pills to take before hand and he did okay.

Here the boys are in the front of the boat where it was very bumpy but it didn't seem to bother them.

And last but not least--an amazing Hawaiian sunset!