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Paige Visits Hawaii!

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This past week Paige came to visit! She was our first visitor since we moved back and we had a great time doing a ton of fun things on the island.

We spent her first whole day on the North Shore. Started with sky diving, enjoyed some shrimp and corn from the food trucks, saw some turtles, and had shave ice. After all of that, we were even able to muster enough energy to head into Waikiki for dinner.

There she is!
She made it!
This guy was huge.
So pretty..and delicious

Sunday, we went on one of our favorite hikes — Kuli’ou’ou Ridge. We’ve hiked this multiple times and this was the first time we ended up covered in mud.

Action shot.
Josh the monkey.
Found this guy on the trail.
Loved how the clouds were hanging over the mountain.
Paige and the stairs.
Made it to the top!

After our hike, we went to spitting caves to see what the waves were doing. They didn’t disappoint!

And now we’ll do a little jig.
Great waves!

During the week, Paige entertained herself with Pearl Harbor, visiting Kauai and some yoga. The next weekend we went on an ATV tour at Kualoa Ranch, which was a BLAST. This was our first time doing this and we can’t wait to do it again! The weather was beautiful and we had a great tour guide.

First stop Godzilla footprint to the right.
Cows enjoying life.
ATV Selfie!
Paige taking it all in.
Paige failing at the shaka.
Run for your life!
Bunker..half WWII museum, half movie museum.
Insanely nice weather.
Not ready.
Chinaman’s Hat.
Tantalus Lookout

Oahu: Part 2

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After a couple days of volunteering, it was the weekend and time for some hiking! Our goal was to do some of the hikes that we didn’t get to do while we lived there. The first one we started with was the South trail to Kaena Point. We had taken the North trail a few times but hadn’t ever explored the South side. Our drive there was stunning. It was our first time to that side of the island and neither of us realized how pretty it was!

Just beautiful!
Very open trail. Lots of sunscreen was needed!
Really cool rock bridge.
Abandon truck along the way.
Incredible view looking back.
Albatross inside the sanctuary.
Monk seals!! Josh’s first time seeing a monk seal! I took many pictures.

After a pretty awesome trip to Kaena Point, we were both starving and went straight to get some poke at our favorite – Ono Seafood.

Poke!

Poke!

We went back to the apartment and showered before deciding what to do for the evening. We decided on eating at House Without a Key at the Halekulani hotel in Waikiki. We sat outside and enjoyed the amazing weather and a really great meal to end our day!

Drinks!
Beautiful sunset
Coconut shrimp
Ahi
Tomato Basil Soup

The next day, we got up and hiked Kuli’ou’ou Ridge. This is one of our favorite hikes on the island and we were really excited to get to hike it again. The view of the Windward coast at the top of a hike never gets old!

Always such an incredible view.

After the hike, we got lunch near Diamond Head at Bogarts and then had my favorite açai bowl from Diamond Head Cove Health Bar.

So delicious!

So delicious!

After a shower, I met some friends from BGCH for dinner at Side Street Inn while Josh did homework. We tried tons of different food as it was family style. So fun!

Mushrooms
Wings
Fried Rice
Garlic Chicken
Ahi

On Monday, we had a laundry day and then met Andy and Anna at Bellows beach to hang out. I sadly didn’t take any pictures at the beach…too much fun catching up! A great way to end our long weekend!