THANKSGIVING DAY 2006

We are thankful:
For our marriage and our love for each other, for our health, our families, our friends and our jobs. Thanks be to God for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us in the last year.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Here are some photos of our Thanksgiving Celebration.

Aloha to all!

Wailuku: Halekii-Pihana Heiau in Waiehu and Kepaniwai County Park at Iao Valley

Today we visited the remains of the an ancient Hawaiian "Heiau" or temple, at Halekii-Pihana State Monument and the Cultural Heritage Pavilions at Kepaniwai County Part at Iao Valley. These two parks offer the conveniences of being close to the city, close to each other and have easy access to people who want to go for a short walk.

Halekii-Pihana Heiau in Wailuku.

Kepiniwai County Park has a series of pavillions and monuments, dedicated to the people from China, Japan, Korea, The Phillipines, Portugal, Puerto Rico and the American/European Missionaries that came to the island at the beginning of the 20th Century, in search of a better life working in the sugar plantations of Maui.

Chinese Pavilion

Monument to Puerto Rican immigrants on Maui.

Korean Pavillion.

Aloha!

McGregor Point &
First Humpback Whale Sighting of the Season

Today we visited McGregor Point near Maalaea. The intent was have some fun "geocaching", or seeking "hidden treasures" using GPS. Although we never found the geocache, we did enjoy the views of the ocean, as well as discovered this monument to the Scandinavians on Maui which - since it is off the beaten path - we had never seen before.

Later in the day, we went to Kam II beach to enjoy the sunset. From there we had our first humpback whale sighting of the season: A goup of whales somewhere near Molokini islet. We watched them through our binoculars as they came up to breathe several times. So yes, the whales are officially back.

Aloha!