michelle living dangerously

how cute is this? actually, if you think about it, not at all. it is so dangerous!!! watch as she almost slips into the dangerous 1 foot current.

notice also how when she waves at the crowd, it's so 'wonder years'. for those of you who don't get it, you're too young!

i'm speechless

it's so good to be home. i didn't realize how much i missed home until i got back. anyways, yesterday we were at the airport in maui and michelle was hungry. guess what? she ate a hotdog. all i can say is...omg!

biking down a volcano

this morning we were picked up at the hotel at 7am. we then drove to the top of the haleakala volcano which is over 10,000 feet. from there, we biked down 38.2 miles through twists and turns. it was pretty fun except for the old folks in our group that were going so slow! our ride took about 4 hours which pretty much wiped us out. now we're back at the hotel just relaxing.

we pretty excited about going home tomorrow. it's always nice to be home after a trip like this. aloha!

finally...some sunshine

the sun finally decided to peek out of the clouds this afternoon so i'm laying out by the pool right now.

parasailing was awesome. we decided to do the 800 foot instead of the 400. well worth the extra $5. it was so quiet when we were up in the air and it wasn't scary at all. while we were on the boat, i was able to get some nice pictures and some video in high def. can't wait to check it out on my tv when i get home.

one thing i noticed is that there aren't any freeways. there are only a few main roads that take you around the island. these roads are usually only one lane and at times two lanes for a few miles. i can't imagine people being on time for anything. i guess it's the laid back mentality of the hawaiians.

i'm going to go for a swim now but i'll have pictures posted later tonight.

birds everywhere

these little birds are everywhere in maui. where ever we go, it seems like they're following us. they even fly into resturants through open windows or doors. michelle is not liking these birds!

we're going to make a second attempt to parasail today at 11am. it got postponed on wednesday because of the heavy wind conditions. i hope we're able to go out today.

it looks like another windy and cloudy day today. hopefully it will clear up in the afternoon so we can lay out by the pool.

tomorrow we go on a bike ride down the haleakala volcano. the ride is 40 miles downhill from a 10,000 foot summit. more pics on my flickr account to follow.

when it rains, it pours

when we arrived in maui on tuesday afternoon, it was so humid and the temperature was in the 80's. we rented a mustang convertable and off we go to the hotel. the hotel is really nice with great views. the rest of tuesday was spent just driving around and getting familier with the area.

on wednesday, the weather was pretty good and we spent the morning sun bathing and swimming at the pool. we visited the beach and hung out there a while until it was time to go parasailing. we drove to the harbor and waited for the boat to come back to shore. 15 min. before we were supposed to go out, we got word that the weather condition were getting pretty bad and our parasailing adventure was cancelled. that sucked! so instead, we went to i'oa valley to check out some waterfalls and it started raining. we have parasailing rescheduled for friday so i'm hoping the weather will calm down.

it's now thursday morning and we have an appointment to see a time share here. since it's raining here again, i guess it's better than doing nothing. not to mention we saved $160 on our activities for going to the presentation. it's about time to go so i'll be updating later today or tomorrow.

@ the airport

so we're at the airport waiting to board. it has been quite a busy morning. the cab driver was hilarious. he was from the bronx and just talked and talked and talked. kind of reminded me mark...haha. more updates to come.

so tired!

just woke up and i'm so tired. vacation is not fun right now. i did not think this through! ok...gotta get ready to go!

packing sucks

so we're packing for our hawaii trip right now. the cab is picking us up tomorrow morning at 6:45. i'm glad i don't have to do most of the packing. michelle's a super packer as you'll see in my flickr account. well i'm off to finish and then it's beddy bye time. can't believe I just said that...i must be tired.

it's been a long time...

wow! it's been a while since i posted here. i'm getting ready for hawaii so i'm pretty excited. stay tuned for pix.