One month ago I was sitting on the beach, eating papaya. Yum.
It's a little grey today, it's cold, and, of course, it's raining. I've got my run in the bank already, so I'm inside with tea and my most comfy warm winter sweatpants & sweatshirt. No fashionista, by any stretch of the imagination, but this is my post winter exercise routine. I can be chilled for hours if I'm not careful, so operation "get warm" is in full effect until most likely, and sadly, sometime in April.
To brighten the grey, I wanted to put up mostly a photolog of some of the best moments from our trip to Hawai'i in October. I'll let the pictures do the talking. Stay warm, my friends.
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| our home away from home, high up on Kaloko Rd. |
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we couldn't have picked a better place to stay, the owners of the home are just delightful & you can find their rental here
Kona Mountain Retreat |
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| such a peaceful spot to come home to after the Kona Ironman crazy-town |
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| apple banana trees onsite |
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| spooky banyan trees |
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| me not falling off bike near havi |
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| nuts for coconuts |
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| coastal ranches |
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| waikoloa coconuts |
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| because that is one salty ocean |
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| coral & lava beaches |
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| true meaning to "surf's up" |
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| boogy-boarding was the trend when waves are high and beaches had sharp landings |
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| the energy lab. i miss. |
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| gorgeous highway flowers |
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| how the queen k makes you feel |
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| lava & grass - epitomizes kona coast |
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| me with my favourite backdrop |
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| every sunset is nice |
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| prettiest ocean i've ever been in. |
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| lunch |
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| SUPping day one post IM - so lucky!! |
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| sore, burned, ouchy. my you got chicked tank was the only thing I could wear! wasn't chicking anybody that day. |
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| found photo pre-race bike check in. woop. love my road bike :) |
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| cutest little guy |
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| all stop signs should say this. waimea, hawaii. |
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| saddle road, the cut across the island to hilo |
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| volcano valleys |
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| photo creativity in the volcano information center |
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| more photos while we acclimatized to elevation |
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| mauna kea observatories |
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| some of the cleanest air in the world is right here |
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| and it's clean b/c the wind blows all the time. interestingly, the least turbulent air as well, which makes for excellent viewing of the universe up here |
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| awe inspiring clouds constantly changing |
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| very proud of myself to walk up to 14,000 ft. believe me, 3 days after IM, this was a challenge |
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| proof |
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| like walking on the moon. in fact, astronauts for apollo missions trained up here to replicate conditions |
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| post IM day one, sore, sick, burned. apparently smiling hurts |
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| too sore to freak out when this guy swam in front of us. an eagle ray? |
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| booooo pain. |
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| back at mauna kea. sunsets up here like nothing else |
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| moon |
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| hilo. where everything green is found. |
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| what are these? |
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| akaka falls. gorgeous george if you ask me. |
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| colours abound |
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| spooky banyans |
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| bamboozled |
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| fern light |
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| climbing ivy |
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| old sugar cane fields |
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| not limes |
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| guava |
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| passion fruit |
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| young & yummy coconut |
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| waipi'o valley, north island, very sacred place |
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| with a terrifying road. drops 900 vertical ft in 1 mile. this picture does it no justice. |
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| twin falls |
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| very mysterious rogue horses fill the valley |
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| happy driver on a 25% grade road in 4WD. |
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| are there tears under those glasses? i was SO scared |
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| wilson? |
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| paradise found |
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| black sand beach. lava breaks up into tiny little pebbles, and creates stunning black sand |
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| amazing valleys |
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| papaya tree amongst mango grove |
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| volcano valley, this whole floor is one big crater |
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| entrance to the lava tunnel |
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| lava travelled through here like pipes, for miles and miles to the ocean |
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| food of nene's |
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| Kilauea Volcano |
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| Kilauea most colour at night |
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| when it rains, you still go swimming in your Aquadiva's |
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| losing half my skin to the kona sun - grrrrr |
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| Volcanic vents still cooling down after 50+ years |
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| spot the hand |
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| lightweight rocks |
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| lava rock extra bouncy |
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| proved to myself i could still run, just not far |
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| drizzly rain combined with warm from rocks & steam below was magic |
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| acting like a chicken b/c I was mocking the wild rogue chickens. they looked dangerous. i think they're actually nene, not chicken, not sure. birds scare me. extra mocking done b/c I was wearing my chicked shirt |
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| old highway that got lavalled. get it? |
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| sun going down |
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| shawn's out there somewhere, with 14 ft manta rays. i'm dry & on the boat, happily with snacks. |
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| the best breakfast in the world |
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| doing some snorkel-dorkelling |
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| floating. the only thing that didn't hurt. |
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| dreamy |
I’m really like it! Very, very dgdeeac good!
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