Rec and Leisure Lady

As we were sitting on our balcony watching sea turtles swim one morning, we decided that it would be awesome to swim with sharks! Oahu's north shore is a great place to see them so we called and made a reservation with North Shore Shark Adventures. The only time available was 6:00am which meant that we needed to leave our hotel by 4:30 to get to the other side of the island but we decided to go for it! This was our view for the ride out! We went 3 miles offshore and then went into the water inside this cage... Amber and I are ready to be shark bait...ooh ha ha Here's our view of the coast from our diving site! We were able to see a beautiful sunrise on the ride out!  Our snorkeling gear was awesome! Climbing into the cage!! Once we got in the cage, they unhooked the cage from the boat and let it drift out about 20 yards so that we could see the sharks from all directions! We saw about 5 Galapagos sharks and 1 reef sh

The second island in Hawaii we visited was Oahu. We had a little flight trouble getting to the island (3 hour delay for a 1 hour flight) but we made it, drove to the condo and went to bed!! The next morning, we were lazy and just hung around the hotel. We decided to venture out in the afternoon and our first stop was place on the coast right off the road where our condo manager said we could see sea turtles!! We were a little late to see all of them, but a couple of guys were swimming around! So cute! Then, we went to hike out to Kaena Point. It's the westernmost point on Oahu and a great stretch of native coast land! The hike was about 3 miles and pretty flat for the most part. There were great views of the island!! There were a few spots that were a little difficult to cross but we made it! I was a little scared at this view.... We were looking forward to seeing these seals but we didn't see any.  We did see beautiful views t

Being a recreation and leisure studies major in college, I've always enjoyed national and state parks. Hawaii has so many national parks to enjoy! On our way into Hana (after the long drive) we stopped at Waianapanapa State Park. We walked to the Waianapanapa Caves where legend has it that a king once murdered his wife when she was hiding from him. Every year, millions of shrimp come in and turn the water red which the legend says it a testimony to this tragedy. The black sand beach was gorgeous! I was here!   We were able to walk into this cave and watch the waves come in. Then we climbed through a space in the rocks and sat on the outside of the cave. The waves sounded like thunder when they crashed into the cave. The sound reminded me of Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park.  We loved using my Gorillapod on this trip! I recommend it to anyone!! The next day we headed to the coastal side of Haleakala National Park but on the way