The Life of Tasha-Lynne

With the slower pace Hawaii has offered us, the Kona coffee every morning & the fresh Hawaiian pineapple every night there is a good chance we may never leave. We arrived the Monday after our wedding and settled in to the condo we rented in Waikoloa Village. Waikoloa Village was the perfect place to be as it was quick to access so many other parts of the island. We hunkered down for a couple of days to decompress from the busyness of the wedding and for Aaron to finish up his school work.While he did that, I managed to read a bit of my textbooks for the upcoming semester and I also read the users guide for my Sony NEX6 camera Aaron got me for Christmas. I figured this was the perfect time to try it out for the first time... PS I love it!

Lots of geckos!

A gaggle of turkey...

After some time to decompress we went out to explore Kohala, and any sites along the way.

After passing through Waimea you go to the end of the road with Polulu lookout to greet you at the end of the journey. (You may notice on this holiday Aaron tends to take pictures of me taking pictures...)

How could we pass up a photo op with Mr Fig!

We popped down to Kailua-Kona so Aaron could get some snorkeling in. I prefer hanging out on the beach & had some fun with my camera.

Speaking of donkeys... there's one now...

We did an evening sunset boat ride & snorkel with Manta Ray. most of this was captured on video rather than pictures.

The crew

The next adventure was taking Saddle Road which follows the base of Mauna Loa volcano to Hilo.

We stopped at What's Shakin' for lunch, I had a Taro Burger (they even had gluten free bread!), Aaron had an Ono Wrap. and we shared a passion smoothie... DELICIOUS!

Next up was 'Akaka Waterfall.

A very fun day of adventure!

Our last day in Wailkoloa we did a day trip snorkeling tour on our way to Volcano. Aaron LOVES to snorkel, me not so much... I don't really like getting wet, I love being on the water rather than in it. This trip met both of our desires and I actually really enjoyed the snorkeling. We saw lots of sea caves, bottle-nosed dolphins, spinner dolphins, flying fish, and a massive array of tropical fish while snorkeling. Our guides were pretty awesome too:) We snorkelled at two locations the Captain Cook Monument, and the Place of Refuge. It was an awesome day!