Happy Birthday to ME!

Marcus helped make my birthday a wonderful one! When I came home from work I was suprised to find these beautiful tropical flowers on the kitchen table. He is so thoughtful and sweet. Then for that evening he had made dinner reservations at a sucrumptious restraunt, Hilo Bay Cafe. I always am impressed with there presentation of the food. I had to take pictures because it was just so picture perfect. Thank you Marcus for a wonderful birthday!

4th of July Weekend in Hawaii

Marcus and I got out of Hilo and headed to Kona for the 4th of July weekend. We stopped on our way over to Kona at Waipio Valley. This valley is incredible. The road down to the valley is also incredible. It is a 25% grade hill which means it drops over 900 ft in less than a mile!! It is so steep that they will not allow "normal" cars down. You must have 4-wheel drive low. It was a pretty tough on the knees going down and quite the cardio workout coming back up. It was what was at the bottom of the valley that made it all worth it.

We got to see an incredible waterfall, it was falling from the top of the valley, down the sheer sea cliff and into the ocean. There was taro fields, a black sand beach, a river flowing through the valley, and a little further into the valley there was these twin falls that are over 1400 feet tall.
Waipio Valley was the highlight of the trip. We also went snorkeling, to the temple, swimming, watched fireworks over the ocean, and just relaxed at the beach!