Saturday, November 03, 2007

House of the Sun

Yesterday Courtney and I rented a car so we could make the 2 hour trek to Mt. Haleakala, a 10,000 ft. peak that is an active volcano - responsible for making up 75 percent of the island of Maui. We left at 3:45 am this morning so that we could go and see the sunrise. Haleakala means house of the sun. These pictures will do a good job of describing why


It was interesting being so high up this morning. It felt like we were in Whistler at the top of the mountaint. It was sooooo cold! We wore hoodies and jeans. Then, as soon as we got down the mountain the weather was great and we went to the beach.

Friday, November 02, 2007

Surfs Up!!

Well, we had an awesome day off today. courtney and i went to a beach called "D.T Flemming" near Lahaina on Maui with our friends Steve and Kristen Goold . We all rented boogie boards. Steve and I were out there almost all day long. While i was working on my sunburn in the ocean on the boogie board courts was taking some pictures of me and some of the surfers. I'll credit courts pictures - she got some really great ones!!Courts captured these two surfers greeting eachother in the water. Thought that was a cool one
At the end of the day after being crushed by a few too many waves i needed a rest.
This gives you idea of how big some of these 'shore-break' waves are
if you're lucky, it will push you out from being crushed, if you're not, all that water there pounds you onto the sand

Here are two of my favourite surf shots that courtney captured
apart from the funny look on his face this looks like its right out of a magazine
this is a surfer shot that i grabbed before i headed out to the water myself


Here are Steve Goold and i boogie boarding beside eachother

Here are a few shots of courts and i in the pool yard before we went to the beach this morning


Courts @ DT Flemming
Another Surfer shot i grabbed before going boarding
This is a beach we went snorkelling at the other day
This is a very poisinous centipede that courtney found. perry smashed it 12 times with a rock and it still wasn't dead.
This is courtneys favourite beach so far. it's a secret beach near the spot we went snorkelling. she calls it the wedding beach - i wonder what she means by that. actually, a lot of people do get married on this beach.