Just The 6 of Us

Our long awaited family trip came in the summer of 1994. And it was my second plane ride - return trip doesn't count, but yes, I was counting.

With my parents, brothers, and obaachan (grandma), we headed to the Big Island and spent a few nights there. We saw rainbow falls, drove up Mauna Loa, visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - checked out the caldera, walked through Thurston Lava Tube, drove down to the coast and watched the steam plumes from the lava entering the ocean, we then drove the saddle road to Kona, visited the Ellison Onizuka Space Museum at the Kona Airport and then departed for Maui (my third plane ride).

On Maui, we saw the Iao Needle in Iao Valley, drove up to Haleakala National Park summit to watch the sunrise and toured Lahaina - an old whaling town, drove Hana Highway and visited Wainapanapa State Park. After 3 days of sightseeing on Maui, we went back home, to Oahu.