Hawaii in December

We had a trip to Hawaii planned for June, however it was postponed until December and we just got home! We had a great time, however I recommend going to Hawaii in the summer. Out of 6 days, we had 4 sunny and 2 rainy. The ocean is really harsh in the winter too. The waves crashed on the shore and there was a strong current and undertow so all the signs said no swimming, snorkeling, etc.

We took about 400 pictures or so. Kind of ridiculous, but hey, that's what digital is for! Here are some of them.


The view from our hotel room the afternoon we arrived. Before






Here is the view from our room 6 days later when it was raining. The water was pretty brown from all the mud sliding into the ocean. After




We hiked the Waimea Canyon to the Kalalau lookout. The clouds were pretty crazy. One minute you had a beautiful view and the next it was covered by clouds.








At Shipwreck beach we saw a reef shark swimming really close to shore and catching some waves. Here is a pic of his front fin.




We drove to the end of the road at the north part of the island. We hiked 4 miles roundtrip to Hanakapi'ai Beach. After that we spent some time at Ke'e beach which is at the entrance to the hike. Here are some pics that show views from the hike, a rainbow on our drive out, and a really cool cave that had a great sandy floor and was incredibly huge.















Here are the Wailua Falls that were brown due to the heavy rain the night before.



These are the Opaeka'a Falls.


Kylie loves leaves so when we saw these gigantic ones, we had to take a pic.