Picture Heavy Part Two

Nate and I have taken a bunch of pictures since he got back, most of which remained on the camera until a couple of days ago. These first few (several) are from my birthday weekend which we spent at Turtle Bay.

We stopped on the side of the coastal highway on our way up there to try out some of the countless rope swings along the shore.

Nate checking out the sunset from out lanai.

My hubby is cute, I am a lucky girl!

Saturday morning was very pretty, we took a bunch of pictures. In order to get both of us in them, they either end up super posed (like this one) or the classic self portrait pose which makes it hard to capture your surroundings. We're down with cheesy.

We took a stroll up the coast, away from the resort, and took plenty of pictures along the way. There were several neat trails to take, and we ended up walking on the beach, past the stables (I spent a ridiculous amount of time with the horses), through the lush areas, and on the beach some more. We really took our time and enjoyed each other and our surroundings.

Goofy. This was right before my less than graceful landing which left half of me wet and sandy. Recreational hazard :-)

Monkey Man!

I can climb trees too! ...Just much closer to the ground.

One of the sweet statues on the property.

View from our lanai.

Relaxing by the pool, which was frigidly cold.

Gotta have a mai tai! They may be $10 a pop, but worth every penny!

Absolutely stunning.

Sunday morning Nate surprised me with a shark diving tour. Unfortunately there were no sharks that day, but the experience was really fun anyway. We left around 6:30 am and rode a boat out with a group of people 3 miles off the coast. They have a cage in the water that is 6 feet deep and you hop in with a snorkel on. Usually 8 or so sharks come around, but they weren't there that day. However we got a refund to come back another time and try again.

To keep the surprise Nate didn't really give me much about what I needed to bring, so I ended up having a bikini, jeans and this sweater. Between the water weighing down my sweater, and the speed of the boat, by the time we got back to land my sweater was hanging mid-thigh. It was cracking me up, and I kept saying to Nate "It used to be a sweater, but now it is a dress!"

Cool bird that visited us at the shark cages. He is called a Brown Booby. Horrible name!

Well, that is all of the pictures I decided to post from Turtle Bay. It was hard to narrow it down with the seemingly billions of pictures we took.

Last Thursday Nate met me after work at a beach off the coastal highway. We just picked a spot and parked on the side of the road. There were like 3 people around so it was less scary but still crazy to be so alone in such a beautiful place. I stopped at a fruit stand on my way and got us some corn, which we ate in the water.

Last Saturday we went to the North Shore for a few hours before Nate had to work in the afternoon. We went to a couple different beaches, but this was by far the most fun! We were able to body board and body surf, and just have a blast... we didn't want to leave!

Me chilling on the beach Saturday.

You probably don't believe me, but I did my best to narrow down the number of pictures I wanted to post. Enjoy, and I hope this encourages you to consider visiting!