Hawaii & Adapting to a New Normal
I cannot believe it has been almost a year since I last posted. I thought maybe I was behind by a few months. Hawaii is magical. An agreed upon statement by anyone who has ever been there. Birds walk and fly freely around the island, including inside of the airport, restaurants, hotel lobbies etc. Beautiful birds. The water is warm and salty. Swimming in in felt like a spa treatment. At some of the beaches the sand was almost as fine as flour. Freia joined us on this trip and we got the special experience of swimming with sea turtles in the ocean!! We also snorkeled and saw some tropical fish, brain coral (as noted by Aria!), and sea urchins. We ate some amazing local food, and returned fully obsessed with the island. Aria was incredibly brave, snorkeling in the ocean is not easy. The day we did it was cold and rainy. Sticking her face in cold ocean water that was way over her head, while trying to breath through a mask with waves pelting her from above! I think I would've b...