Hawaii: Outdoor Families

There is something very special about enjoying the outdoors as a family. It enriches life, strengthens bonds and heals troubled hearts. Our family has always enjoyed time in the outdoors together. It has become part of our family culture. We don't always choose an activity that is particularly wild and exciting; but whatever we do, we do as a family and have lots of laughs. Goofiness is encouraged; pouting is impossible.

On our recent vacation to Hawaii we snorkelled in the Pacific, walked on the beach, and watched whales every day. We explored the island of Kona by "chopper, running shoe and automobile". We went on a 3-hour helicopter tour, swam with the turtles, and went para-saling. Timothy even went surfing with some Hawaiian surfer dudes! While in Maui we went on a 2-hour whale-watching boat tour. It was amazing!

We hiked to a small waterfall and swam in the pool beneath. We even took a quick shower in the falls before we hiked back to our rental van.

For the next few posts I'm going to explore what it means to be a member of an outdoor family. Until then "Aloha" and "Mahalo" (thank you) for reading!