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Day 1: Lucas was up at 3:45 (8:45 Austin time) Evan was up at 5:30. Here they are enjoying Word World on the phone.
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View from our breakfast spot
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View continued
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Lisa and Lucas at breakfast
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We found oodles of noni plants growing at the Place of Refuge.
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Place of Refuge.
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Place of Refuge
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Place of Refuge
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Place of Refuge
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Day 1: Salt and Pepper Beach We saw three or four sea turtles. Lucas was a little timid at first.
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Sea Turtle!
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Lucas and Lisa building a sand castle.
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Great Sunset!
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Day 2: Exploring. These are some houses right off the shoreline.
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Rescue.... or avoiding a possible rescue.
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Sea life!
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Eventually he just wanted to build a sandcastle.
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The Boys.
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Lucas was gathering cool things and he just freaked out all the sudden. "Help me! I have a sea urchin!!! It's alive!"
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Crabby
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Day 2 Beach. 20 miles up the coast. Salt and Pepper course sand.
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Evan really enjoyed throwing rocks into the water.
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The view.
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Most castle building.
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Day 2 Sunset.
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Day 3: Driving the saddleback road across the island to the waterfalls, Hilo, and the volcanoes.
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So sweet.
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Waterfall #1 - Rainbow Falls.
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Awesome trees.
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Banyan Tree.
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Lucas and Mommy on a little hike.
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Waterfall #2.
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A little park in Hilo.
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Volcano National Park. It's impossible to get a good group shot.
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The Crater.
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Really impossible to get a good group shot. We're in a Rain Forest here about to walk through a lava tube. (Poor Evan had just hurled - poor sick baby)
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Volcano! It was hard to photograph at night, so this is as good as it gets. But, pretty cool, right?
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Inside Lisa's super-cute house.
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Our purchases from the Farmer's Market that day.
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The view from Lisa's backyard.
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Lisa's side yard.
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Side yard.
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Day 5: Hapuna Beach. Most amazing beach EVER.
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Hapuna Beach. Sandy Boy.
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Sand Castle building again! Nice soft sand!!!
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Check out my coconut!
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Breathtaking view.
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Day 6: Kayaking Cook's Bay. There were 7 dolphins swimming around. Great snorkeling, too!
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One boy was a bit nervous and grumpy, but remembers it very fondly now.
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Cool tree by the Cook Monument.
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Day 6: Kayaking to Captain Cook monument.
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When we got back Lucas really wanted to jump off the dock like the local kids. He had a great time.
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Day 7: The Kona, Hawaii temple.