It's been awhile...my b.

Yeah, lot's happened. I'm going to post about all the farm things soon, but first I just wanted to write/show pics of my last big excursion.

 I was super bummed to be missing out on the Savannah Hat tourney Memorial Day weekend, but it ended up okay because I went on an ocean kayaking trip to the Kalalau valley, on the Na Pali coast, and it was $$$$$$!

It had a bit of an ominous start, I'd stayed up til 4:30 am the night prior helping Don with a powerpoint presentation for some conference and was up to about 8 hour of sleep in two days before kayaking 10 miles on a choppy ocean. I went with 6 other people who all turned out to be adventure guides on the island. Anyway, we launched from a beach called Pollihale where the waves are pretty harsh and definitely "huled" (who-lead) the first time trying to launch. Hule means to fall over. So, basically we went swimming before we even started paddling. The paddle up the coast was pretty awesome, not gonna lie though, I got a little sea sick from the ocean and lack of sleep. I mean, really, who gets sick on a kayak?! Turns out, I do. We went through a couple pods of dolphins and saw some sea turtles resting on the reef. By the time we got to Kalalau beach I was completely worn out, but in shock at how beautiful everything was. Words can't properly describe, so I'm just gonna let the pictures talk for themselves.

We spent the next four days lying on the beach and in our "cave" under a rock face, fishing, hiking in the valley, sitting around a campfire, cooking, and socializing with other groups that were there. We built a huge fire each night and it brought people over, so we got to meet sooo many cool kids. Sitting around the fire was awesome in itself because we did smores and cooked fish that someone had caught spear fishing and listened to some Hawaiian guys playing on the ukulele and singing traditional songs. It was seriously something out of a book or postcard or something. Needless to say, an epic long weekend.