Hawaii 2007

This morning saw an (oh my gawd it was) early departure from the hotel, so that we could be (almost literally) the first people out on the beach at Hanauma Bay.

If you’ve never been, it is this absolute picture-perfect (as you’ll see below) bay, with tons of coral reefs from “knee high” to much deeper depths. It’s a snorkeling paradise, for sure, and they only let a certain number of people in each day before they close it. Therefore… it’s (literally) before sunrise as we head to the east side of Oahu.

We all look surprisingly happy for being there at sunrise, don’t we?


The first view is worth it, though…

No… this is not a scanned post card… it’s my picture:

Once down on the beach, the sunrise behind Mel lets me take a “cool picture”…

Andrew’s ready to hit the water, now that the sun’s up!

I have a couple of digital cameras… my nice Nikon D70 for the majority of my shots, but I also have my old Sony Cybershot for Kathy to take with her… but my Dad also has this camera… and a dive case for it, so I’m able to take it with me under water for snorkel shots!!! This will come into play later this week, too. [smiley8]

This one from just above the water… never saw him under, though.

There were *tons* of fish everywhere…

Oh yeah… and there was this *EEL* that surprised me a bit… yikes!

Just beyond the reef that formed the bay were some really spectacular waves… the blues of the water and the blues of the sky make this a really nice picture:

… and it’s time to go (it’s only late morning!!!!), because next up… we’re heading to Pearl Harbor.

And again, this really is my picture of the incredible Hanauma Bay and not a scanned postcard.