Family Vacation 2018 - Highlights

 

Summer Vacation 2018 - Hawaii

created Sat. July 21, 2018)






We’ve been blessed to visit Hawaii twice:


In 2000, we celebrated our first anniversary by visiting Maui and Oahu.


In 2018, decided to take our family summer vacation in Hawaii.


Thanks to Ann Marie’s great travel planning skills, she helped us spend 15 wonderful days on three islands - Hawaii / The Big Island, Oahu, and Kauai.


We had much fun with many activities, spent time relaxing, and enjoyed an altogether great family vacation!


ALOHA!







We captured thousands of photos on the trip, and present some them on this website - VanVooren.US/Hawaii2018.


There are several pages, and they are organized into two groups:


  1. 1)This page and three “Highlights” pages provide the “best of the best” photos and memories all in one web page per island.

    If you only have a few minutes, these are the sites for you to see first.

    The Highlight pages are:

    Highlights - Big Island

    Highlights - Oahu

    Highlights - Kauai



  1. 2)All of the other pages on this Hawaii2018 site provide more photos and more information about the places we visited, for when you have more time to look at them all.








Highlights of our trip are listed here:




Hawaii / The Big Island

(color: red, per GoHawaii.com)

  1. -King Kamehameha’s beach and temple and Kilau pier

  2. -seeing the beach where they start the Ironman Triathlon immediately on the other side of the Kailua pier

  3. -the crashing surf

  4. -St. Benedict’s Painted Church

  5. -Kona Joe’s coffee farm

  6. -South Point - the southern-most point in the USA... clear calm waters to the west; windy white-capped waters to the east

  7. -Black Beach / Punalu’u

  8. -Mass at St. Michael the Archangel’s Church

  9. -Outrigger canoe ride, powered by our own arms and paddles

  10. -riding a boat from Hilo to see the two-mile wide lava flow from Kilauea Volcano’s Fissure 8 enter into the sea - A M A Z I N G!

  11. -the leisurely drive along Highway 19 from Hilo back to Kona

  12. -lunch

  13. -the view at Wai’ipo Valley

  14. -sushi and (virgin) pina coladas

  15. -frisbee and catch in the ocean

  16. -frisbee and catch in the pool




Oahu

(color: yellow, per GoHawaii.com)

  1. -frisbee and catch in the ocean

  2. -frisbee and catch in the pool

  3. -Visiting Chinatown for lunch and climbing to the top of Diamondhead

  4. -Successfully completing the world’s largest maze at the Dole Pineapple Plantation, enjoying pineapple whips (smoothies), and finding pearls inside oysters

  5. -(virgin) pina coladas

  6. -The Polynesian Cultural Center - luau, dinner, Samoa, Tonga, and the show; and a shared virgin pina colada served in a pineapple!

  7. -Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay




Kauai

(color: purple, per GoHawaii.com)

  1. -Na Pali Catamaran cruise, from Hanalei (home of Puff the Magic Dragon), to snorkeling on the other side of the Na Pali coast

  2. -Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, and also visiting the first Catholic Church on Kauai - St. Rapheal

  3. -much lazy time in the activity center of our hotel

  4. -date night sushi at Sushi Katsu, and returning for one final island dinner before our flight home

  5. -(virgin) pina coladas

  6. -frisbee and catch in the ocean, at Kalapaki Beach

  7. -frisbee and catch in the pool









Links to the rest of this travel journal:


  1. 1)Highlights

  2. 2)Highlights - Big Island

  3. 3)Highlights - Oahu

  4. 4)Highlights - Kauai


  5. 5)Hawaii Geography


  6. 6)Flights - STL / St. Louis to KOA / Kona


  1. 7)Kona - Kailua

  2. 8)Kona - Painted Church and Place of Refuge

  3. 9)Kona - Coffee


  1. 10)Ka Lae / South Point and Punalu’u / Black Beach

  2. 11)Kona - Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling

  3. 12)Moku Nui Lava Boat Tour

  4. 13)Lava Boat Videos

  5. 14)Drive, Hilo to Kona on Hw 19



  6. 15)Flight - KOA / Kona to HNL / Honolulu

  7. 16)Oahu - Chinatown and Diamond Head

  8. 17)Oahu - Dole Plantation Maze and Polynesian Cultural Center

  9. 18)Oahu - Hanauma Bay

  10. 19)Oahu - Hanauma Bay Videos



  11. 20)Flight - HNL / Honolulu to LIH / Lihue, Kauai

  12. 21)Kauai Churches

  13. 22)Kauai - Na Pali Catamaran

  14. 23)Kauai - Na Pali Videos

  15. 24)Kauai - fun in the resort and at Kalapaki Beach

  16. 25)Flight - LIH / Lihue, Kauai to STL / St. Louis



  17. 26)SLUH in HI



  18. 27)Hawaii Revealed

  19. 28)Postcards

  20. 29)Reviews



  21. 30)Hawaii 2000

  22. 31)Hawaii 2000 - Maui

  23. 32)Hawaii 2000 - Oahu