Purely Loved: Aloha...

We made it back from our lovely honeymoon to the Big Island of Hawaii. It was an amazing trip full of many stories of course. The trip in itself is a do again. If anyone desires and active vacation (I know that is an oxymoron to some) I would definitely recommend going with Backroads (click here). Although I'm not going to lie, it was tough and I would train more next time. I only thought I was going to die a couple of times and I only had to walk my bike up the mountain once. Which I must say I thought was pretty good. But I will reiterate that the trip was amazing!

We got to bike along the coast and around the rim of a volcano. We got to hike into a volcanic crater and through lava tubes (not my favorite part as I am a bit claustrophobic but very cool in itself). We got to kayak in the ocean where we encountered a school of dolphins and snorkeled with them in the water. We got to snorkel and cliff jump (which was a bit scary for me, but apparently not for Payton as he did it numerous times from the highest possible point of course). And yes we did lay on the beach and by the pool although, we never did it long as Payton and I always got bored. But we did relax somewhat, the last day I guess.

Here are a few pictures and narrative of our trip....

Payton body-surfing on the waves...