12/31/12

December 31, 2012

Approaching Dulles International Airport at dawn after 19 hours of travel from Molokai.
Sterling, Virginia

"Rudy" welcomed us home with open doors!
Great Falls, Virginia

12/30/12

December 30, 2012

Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove
Molokai

Molokai outtakes












Steve, Susan, Graham, Craig, Elizabeth
Aloha, Molokai. We're soooooo sad to leave this wondrous place. See you next year.

Today is a very long travel day. We'll be back in DC tomorrow morning for our reunion with "Rudy."

12/29/12

12/28/12

December 28, 2012

The Bog at the Molokai Forest Preserve

This time we made it through the Molokai Forest Preserve without getting stuck.

The boardwalk at the entrance into the bog.

The heart of the bog.

A fiddlehead fern ready to unfold.

 It was a mile and a half hike through the dense bog to get to the top but it was worth it!

We all had trouble staying on the incredibly narrow, rickety boardwalk--it was like trying to walk on a balance beam covered with mud. We were filthy and full of joy. A great time was had by all!!!

12/25/12

December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from Molokai

The answer to yesterday's quiz...

...peeling paint and rust from the hull of this incredible boat.