Adventures in "Fun"employment

Up in the air...

The highlight of our time on the Big Island was the helicopter flight over Pu'u' O'o, a volcano in Volcanoes National Park that has been...

The Big Island has not only white sand, but green sand and black sand as well! Both the green and black sand are formed by minerals in...

There are so many incredible spots to snorkel near Kailua-Kona. The reef at Kahalu'u Beach Park was so easy to reach; the 4-mile hike to...

We began our first full day in the Kailua-Kona area visiting the white sand beach at Ku'a Bay, but the real treat was secluded Makalawena...

Next up - the Big Island! Our first mission after flying into Kona was exploring Kona coffee, from coffee cherry to packaged product,...

After camping out at Koke'e State Park, we celebrated Karen's 40th birthday by hiking into Waimea Canyon, the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii,...

Very thankful for this day full of Hawaiian treats: breakfast of loco moco, hiking the Awa'awapuhi Trail in Koke'e State Park, one final...

If we couldn't make it to Kalalau Beach on foot, we were determined to make it by boat! What gorgeous vistas of the cathedrals from the...

Our next adventure was tubing along Lihue Plantation's irrigation ditch and tunnel systems, developed in the 1870s to service the sugar...

Our unplanned recovery day was spent at Papa'a Beach, a secret oasis well worth the effort and scramble that keeps it so private!...