First Day in Hawaii (the whitest of white)

We are so blindingly white that I think I should put some sort of warning on these photos...actually, i think we will stick to Gage and maybe you will be ok. Yesterday was a little overcast in the am, but then got really nice as we travelled to the north to check out the sights. Gage checked out the beach and decided to taste some sand...didn't like it too much! Actually, the "sand" was mostly small bits of shell...which were IMPOSSIBLE to get off of him (and us!), so we remained shelly for the rest of the day.... We checked out the roads to the north of us. Today, I think we are headed to "baby beach" which is next door to us. Since we are likely to just spontaneously combust when exposed to the sun, it is likely that our trip to the beach will only be a part of the day...we will then do some hikes through the botanical gardens and "spouting horn" and the adjacent park...(if Ken isn't blistering ;)). Good food, awesome banana place...they take frozen bananas and force them through some commercial grade ("Champion") juicer and the result is essentially ice cream that is banana flavored--- AWESOME...BUT you need to eat it quickly or is gets kind of foamy and not so good... but great while it is cold!

OK- So far we have seen some really nice stuff :) We are not melting, though when we arrived, we almost were... Planes etc. went as well as could be expected (slight delay leaving Seattle, but many flights were being cancelled outright, so...we were lucky). We will keep you updated with our plans. PS: We brought the pack and play and the portable baby high chair/seat and they are really good to have :)