E Ogden Ave: Hawaii Part 1: Road to Hana

Its here! Post #1 from Hawaii!

I gave you two sneak peeks: here and here

Thankfully I hadn't deleted my memory card from Hawaii or those might have been the only two pictures I'd have from Hawaii!

So, I was able to upload pictures to our "new" computer to start doing Hawaii posts! I have tons of DIY projects to show from the summer, but unfortunately we are still waiting to see if our photos (yes, 3 years of photos) can be saved.

Anyway... I figured I could break up our Hawaii events into a couple different parts.

This post is about our day trip of The Road to Hana, also known as The Road to Divorce!

We are proud to say - we survived and are very happily married!

This day trip was probably one of the best adventures we have ever done! It was a little scary at times and definitely see how it can be the road to divorce- but we Eric made it through the tight turns and narrow roads! And it was very much worth it!

So here it is: The Road to Hana through LOTS of pictures!

The road is narrow and windy - approximately 600 curves and 54 bridges, right on the edge of the cliffs, with unbelievable views!

There were many stopping points to look out, take pictures, take a moment to stop swaying back and forth. This road is definitely not for the motion sick!

Here was a beautiful look out point with a cute town below and a church.

This picture is for my family - sorry it is blurry, it was a quick picture while moving. But I guess in Hawaii - people cheer on the Packers and dream of snow?

We drove down through this beautiful area to black sand beaches.

Unbelievable! The water is so blue in Hawaii and the greens are so green!

There was a great look out point before a short walk down to the beach

Doesn't seem real huh? That's at least what we said the whole time we were there!

The beach area had these black rocks that lead into the black smooth sand.

Black sand beach seems like a fake idea - but, it really is black smooth sand!

Crazy and beautiful!

Here is a view to the right

And a view to the left (look at those clouds!)

There were so many beautiful shots! I didn't want to leave the beach!

We then went to a cute little cave area to see waves coming in and out. We met another couple from Illinois on their delayed honeymoon. They were amazed at Maui's beauty too!

In the cave! Do you like my neon shirt? The sun liked it too I guess!

After a little more winding and driving, we went to a National Park past Hana. We went on a 2 mile hike to a... well, you'll have to see!

Look at the beautiful green! It's from a movie or another world!

Then we came upon these HUGE fancy trees!

Here we are to put it into perspective. So wild!

We would come upon these little water falls - It was VERY fun to try out my neutral density filter!

It was one surprising view to another. We then came upon bamboo forests!

They had such an amazing sound as they swayed in the wind.

Here is a double waterfall we came upon

And to get this shot I went across this bridge and sat on it while it swayed over the waterfall... um... I am afraid of heights and not good with bridges. I am pretty proud of myself. The picture is a little shaky - thats because I was shaking!

Then came the GRAND FINALE of the hike...

it was a massive 400 ft waterfall! Beautiful!

Eric was brave and got pretty close to it.

I didn't get very close.. and I actually slipped at cut up my hip pretty good. My hero of a husband was ready to run across the rocks to carry me those 2 miles back. Honestly- the thing that hurt the most was my pinky. It hit a rock on the way down and throbbed for a bit after that. All is good- here I am with a smile :)