The lost Hawaii pictures...

Okay, they weren't REALLY lost. I just never posted any after our trip this past winter. So without further ado:

We stayed at the Hyatt on Kauai. This was the second time we've stayed at this hotel -- highly recommended! This is some of the landscaping at the hotel, looking back towards the lobby...

And facing the other way towards the ocean.

We took a boat tour one day to go whale watching. The whales were being quite coy -- we mostly just saw water from their blow holes. But we DID see this pod of spinner dolphins.

Whitest girl in Hawaii searching for whales... and sunscreen...

Waimea Canyon -- one of the coolest places on the island. It was a little rainy and cloudy at the very top, but we still saw some amazing views like this one.

One of the ubiquitous Kauai chickens. Even though these guys are all over the island, according to locals they're not good for eating -- apparently they're very tough and stringy, on account of their hard knock lives on the streets...

Rick's sister Donna and her husband Dean were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary when we were in Hawaii, so Dean organized a surprise vow renewal on the beach. (All those rocks around them were in the shape of a heart. :))

 Nearing sunset...

The whole group on our last night -- dad, mom, me, Rick, Rick's mom, Aunt Carol, Donna and Dean. We may have been smiling, but we were all crying on the inside because he had to leave the next day. ;) But I was so grateful to have the chance to travel to an amazing place with some pretty awesome people! :)