In February Kevin and I, Teresa and Mom Gibbons, and Jasper and Polina all took a trip to Oahu. We stayed in Kaneohe this time, in a house overlooking the Kaneohe Bay. It was so beautiful! We would walk down to the water in the mornings and drink our coffee and just watch the water. Kevin was watching for Bonefish and I was looking at the clouds.
As you can see, Jasper and Polina took the opportunity to enjoy themselves to the fullest. This shot was taken near the
Turtle Bay resort on a nearly deserted beach. The water was perfect! They rented bikes and rode to this beach a couple of times. I went with them once just to hang out on the beach. They saw a sea turtle on the sand on one of their trips.
Kevin pictured here with the coffee... Typical sunrise over Kaneohe Bay.
Mom loved just being in Hawaii again. She saw an old friend while she was there on this trip. Bishop Rose and his wife came and brought her a pie. They sat and talked over their memories of 40 years before. It was really special for her.
Teresa saw her friend Christine from high school. They took a “Lost” tour and went all over to the filming sites.
We had several family dinners and excursions. We even took everyone back to Ko Olina and went to one of the lagoons. Jasper got a stand up paddle board and put mom on it! (Just sitting of course)
She loved it.
I’m not a huge fan of posing for pictures but the day was so perfect. ..plus I had a good hair day (very unusual in Hawaii). It turned out good!
Jasper, Polina and I went horseback riding at Kualoa Ranch. It was fantastic. We basically got a private ride because we signed up for the two hour ride. We got to canter the horses and everything! Well, I cantered my horse anyway.
This is a painting I did in acrylics while I was there. I left it at the house because it was too big to take home. It’s of the Kualoa mountains as seen from the house we were staying in. I found an old canvas in the basement bedroom of the house and asked permission to use it. it was fun to have something to do indoors besides watching tv. But it turned into a bit of a project. I was lucky to get it done.
We were there for 10 days and had a great time.
