Here's the play-by-play for after the race vacation! Tried to break up the long boring story with pictures!
Saturday
If you want to know more about the race you can read that on my other blog
Start of the race.
Allison, Meredith, and me after the race!
Sunday
Post race insomnia like usual (got up 3X to eat!) but we all
got up and going. We had to get my wheel switched over so we went down to do
that and talk to the staff about the banquet. I was able to introduce some of
the trigger point staff to Scott. We ended up leaving Meredith down there and
Scott and I went to church. It was a great sacrament meeting where a young
woman talked about family. What she said last was Family means nobody gets left
behind (stitch quote). After the meeting we had a couple people come talk to us
about the race there were a lot of people who had volunteered at it.
Meredith
had caught a ride to Allison and TJ’s to help pack her bike. TJ adjusted me
there and then we went to finish with my wheels and go to Kona brewing company.
The food was great and they had gluten friendly things! We went to Scandinavian
Shave ice after the lunch. It’s right down next to the finish line and was
gluten free and delicious. We went home and promptly lost the keys. Scott
looked everywhere for them and then I started looking too. He thought they were
probably in the trunk. We prayed and then I went and looked in Scott’s short’s
pocket one more time and they were there! AMAZING! We have a joke that one of
the three Nephites help us and replace stuff when we loose it. (but we say tree
Nephites for some reason). We had a short nap time and cleaned up the house. We
headed down for the banquet a little after 6pm.
Before going up on stage, Meredith has better pictures, Scott recorded it.
The
awards part was fun as well. They lined us all up and so we all started talking
together. The other girls in my age-group commented on how I looked like I was
just flying on the run. We went on stage and were announced. I was a little sad
that they didn’t announce that I won overall not only for my age-group. They
give you a nice long sleeve cycling jersey that they put on you for the
pictures. We talked to Ruth from Cincinnati and then took off.
Monday
I never got really awesome pictures of the dolphins but here's a decent one!
The start of our true vacation! Bryan and Tiffany Krabbe had told us
about a place to go swim with the dolphins for free! I’m a huge sucker for fun
free stuff so we left very early to go down since we were told to be there at
6am. The “beach” was very rocky so it was a little tricky getting into the
water. We had stopped by Wal-Mart to buy boogie boards and 1 snorkeling mask
for Scott. There were a couple other groups of people there and TONS of
dolphins! It was so much fun, definitely one of the top 3 things we did in
Hawaii.
Swimming upside-down
While we were down close to Captain
Cook we went to the painted church. No one was there and we walked around the
long way, which is always sad when you just did an Ironman! The church was
originally built on the beach but the people moved up into the mountains so
they moved the church up into the mountains by donkey!
We
then went to a little macadamia nut farm where the owner showed us her property
and then gave us samples. She kept saying the word NUT which was a little unsettling.
Me and Meredith at the painted church.
Scott and I at the painted church.
Panorama
Got
some more fruit at the fruit stand and went home for dinner and got ready to
swim with the Mantas! It was raining hard for most of the afternoon so we
called to make sure it was still happening! Because of the rain storm we lost
power at the house.
Scott
and I went out and sat in the hot tub for a while and got hot so we jumped out
and went and picked some figs to eat in the hot tub. The jets stopped working
when we were pretty much done anyway which we found out was because of the
power.
We just giggled at this name where the painted church was.
Laying on the front of the catamaran before jumping into the freezing water for Mantas.
Manta coming up to eat us! Again no good picots of this but we did get a good video.
Tuesday
We ate a delicious
breakfast of hash browns, eggs and sausage! Then started our treck down around
the south side of the island to volcano national park.
on our way to the south side of the island.
Black sands beach where you can't ride the sea turtles.
Scott was sad that he couldn't ride them.
We went to black sands beach on the way and saw a sea turtle on the beach. We missed the southern most tip of the US but made it to Volcanos! We stopped at the entrance and took a lot of fun pictures. We did an awesome 5 mile hike- Kilauea Iki trail. It went down in to the mouth of the volcano and back up. It was really fun and helped work the soreness out of the legs! We went and saw the cauldera with the lava flow and the steam vents and thirsten Lava tube.
The stereotypical picture at the park sign!
We bought a $2 trail guide that Meredith read to us at each little stop.
This was the ginger root that was talked about in the guide that was introduced and took over. They were actively trying to kill it all off.
If you look upper close you will see Scott standing in the middle of the picture. This was the mouth of the volcano, where the Lava spewed.
Funny pictures in the Lava crack.
Lava lake bed.
Random stop at rainbow falls... with no rainbow.
This was a the beginning of saddle road, while we were below the clouds.
This is when we got above the clouds. Same day, just a couple miles apart.
I wish that pictures did this place justice!
Wednesday
We
packed all our stuff up in the morning and cleaned up the house a little bit. Meredith
packed her bike AND my bike J
thanks! So we bought the manta ray tour at the expo of the race. I had seen
previous days there was a wheel with prizes you could spin and win if you
bought something. Most of the prizes were not so awesome, like a hat or bag. I
somehow sweet-talked them into giving us two prizes. One was a buy one get one
free zipline and the other was a canoe rental for two. So we called the zipline
people and scheduled for the afternoon. We first went to Waipio vally overlook
and loved the view. We wanted to hike down to the beach but we got ½ way down
and decided we didn’t have enough time so we had to hike back up L. We drove to Hawi and
ate a packed lunch and went shopping a little. Scott and I got the idea to buy
a ring in Hawaii so I could have a wedding ring again. There was THE BEST
SHAVED ICE ever in Hawi.
Quick look at Waipio valley
Just pretty with the sun spot on the ocean.
The
zipline was cool and they had some supper long ziplines and fast ones, but I
still don’t think it was worth as much as it cost! After the zipline we went a
picked up our stuff from the house. Even though check out was earlier in the
day the owner texted us and asked if we wanted to store our bikes and luggage
there. He was the best guy to rent
from and an amazing house to rent! The house was awesome! It was huge! 2200 Sq
Ft 2 bedroom 2 bathroom. The shower was a waterfall shower with jets. The
kitchen was gorgeous and looked over the ocean. There were fruit trees every
where that were delicious! The first time I ever tried passion fruit and it was
AMAZING!
Ziplining!
We
went and ate dinner on the beach out at the energy labs and took Meredith to
the airport. Scott and I had to drive 2.5 hours over to Pahoa area.
When
we got to our next house the host showed us around and Scott and I were holding
back cracking up the whole time. Every room had a least one remote to the room
for the lights, fans, clocks, etc. She was showing us a parrot fan and started
petting it. At the end she told us about how her and the owner were married and
how sad it was that they were divorced. It was a confusing and interesting tour
of the house.
Yes, the house had Christmas lights...
Thursday
I
woke up and made us breakfast and packed up my Kona backpack for a hike. We
drove two hours to Waipio valley to do the hike into Waimanu valley. Most
people do this hike in a couple days. They hike into the valley one day and out
the next. You need a permit to do that and all the equipment and we didn’t have
either
A little rainbow before we started our hike.
We survived... soaking wet and exhausted!
Friday
We
slept in and went out to try to go snorkeling in the morning. The air was so
cold and the water colder so I bailed. The ocean was pretty rough too since
there was a hurricane headed our way!
Freezing!
The host told us about the beautiful botanical gardens so we went there and sat waiting for them to open for a while. Eventually we called and their message said they were closed due to the hurricane! It wasn’t supposed to hit till Saturday! We were really bumed but went back to snorkel and saw some fish and 2 turtles and some pretty coral.
Turtle we saw.
Rope lava, there were some pretty awesome lava formations.
The
nut factory was on the way home so we were going to buy some more macadamia
nuts but they were closed due to the storm too! Then we stopped in pahoa to try
to go shopping a little but there wasn’t anything too good so we just went
home.
There
was a huge projector in the family room and in every other room too! We watched
Avatar 3D on the big screen which was amazing!
We
went down to the ocean to watch the huge waves crash. They were 10 ft waves
which were the biggest I’ve ever seen!
We
went back to the house after we thought we might get swept away by one of the
waves and made dinner and watch more movies!
Beads leading into the master bathroom... the host said this was her favorite thing of the house...
the random things on the master bedroom walls
Two projector screens one in the kitchen and one in the family room area. Why do you need them this close?
Saturday
We
finished packing up and picking up and went off to Kona over saddle road again.
We had two beach towels in our car that we had to take back to home number 1.
The drive was all in the rain but went ok.
We
went shopping in the rain and bought a Ukelele and ooked at rings and dresses
for me.
We
took Scott to the airport with a TON of bags! He was flying first class and got
to check my bike for free instead of $150! That was very nice to have happen!
I
went back and shopped some more and watched the waves crash at the Kona Peir
and watched some kids play in the ocean. I went back to the car and took a nap
in the trunk with the seats down. I went back to buy the dress I found and then
went to the ring shop and it was closed! I was so sad but I knocked at the door
and the lady was still there! Yay! I bought the ring and then walking back to
the car I saw the family that was playing in the ocean by the pier. I quickly
grabbed the boogie boards I had in the car and gave them to the family. They
were SO excited and greatfull it was so rewarding!
I
got to the rental car place and ended up leaving my phone in the car. Thank
goodness I looked for it before I got too the airport. The bus driver was super
nice and so I sent in a nice note about her to the company.
My snuggles!
I was traveling Saturday night to Sunday afternoon. My dad
picked me up at the airport and took me to my daughter. I was so excited and
thought Emi would be excited to see me… I was so wrong! My dad videoed and my
mom put her on the ground in the back yard. I though she would run to me but
instead she looked at me and ran right past to grandma! After a couple hours
she warmed up to me and was snuggly.
We went to Blue bell ice cream early in the morning so we
had ice cream as a mid morning snack! The tour was fun but Emi was in love with
the ice cream and ate half of my pumkin pecan! We went home and both took a nap
and then said by to grandpa! I wanted froyoyo for dinner so we went and bought
some… twice!
She got her own seat on both flights!
Tuesday
Froyoyo was eaten again today for lunch! We played in the
pool and napped and went to opas “Anything goes” at night while a YW from
granparents ward took care of Emi.
Wednesday
We played and mom had to take a nap! Then we went to get
froyoyo on our way to the airport.
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