Capturing the Moment

  After finally convincing Nate and Kelly to make the move out to Maui, just as Heidi and I were switching islands to Oahu, they were finally able to island hop over to see us on our new island. We only had two and a half days and I wanted to make it count so we crammed a lot into their quick Oahu visit. We had great weather, beautiful sunsets, fireworks, exploratory snorkels, and surf sessions. Eternity Beach Makapu'u Lookout   These pictures are from our exploration of the southeast coast of Oahu. The beautiful bay pictured above is a tiny stretch of beach called Eternity Beach. It was made famous by a movie in the 50's called 'From here to Eternity', starring Burt Lancaster. The cave goes from the beach all the way back under the highway. The pics below are from an overlook high above Makapu'u beach. The offshore island behind us in Rabbit Island, which did have a bunch of rabbits populating it at some point. Can you find Heidi, Nate, Kelly,...

  February has been a month of friends and rain out here in Oahu. Our house has been bustling with guests and I have stayed busy exploring the island as the tour guide. I wanted to show my good friend Phoebe what Oahu snorkeling was like so we headed to the southeast corner of the island. I knew Phoebe was a great swimmer and free diver so we headed to the cliffs near the Halona blowhole. The waves were small, so the kick out from Eternity Beach was quite easy. We could feel a slight current but no "Molokai express" today which can be a dangerously powerful current ripping along the coastline here threatening to whisk snorkelers and divers off to the far off island of Molokai. We kick against the current while following several green sea turtles out into the blue. The water clarity was great so we stayed in the deeper water until eventually circling back along the cliffs. The cliffs here rise up over a hundred feet and plummet down another forty feet underwater. A few ...