Waimea Valley

The following day we made our way to a waterfall, on the North Shore, from a friend's recommend. It was super easy to find, but did take us quite some time to make it there, thanks to the wonderful traffic. But that was a good sign right, traffic? sure..it meant lots of people were headed to a beautiful area... and that certainly was the truth.

Charlotte was super excited for a walk, as was I... we saw tons of beautiful peacocks, that she actually pointed out to me... and then she heard it, the cackling of a rooster, and ran right in the direction of it... she looked at me, and said, "Birdie..." to which I kept telling her over and over again it was a "rooster"... and after telling me 14 times it was a "birdie"... she finally decided to completely rename it, "Rudie"... why not, right?

self timer did NOT disappoint me, and I was able to get into 2 photos myself...after a positioning and adjusting all my settings on the camera. It was nice to finally "GET" in some photos on this trip... to prove it was me that brought Charlotte here. For the first time, Charlotte actually looked right at the camera, when I pointed to it... it was a huge milestone for this photographer mama... and it literally only took 1 try...

after our sweet little walk through the beautiful/lush green... we made our way to the waterfall, and found it completely muddy... thank you rainfall from the night before.

this was her face after I told her we couldn't go swimming... she was bummed to say the least, and then said, "um... Ocean..."...

after our stroll back to the car, we headed to the beach. I promised this girl some water, and since the waterfall didn't "deliver"... I knew the nearest beach would...

she even picked up some "hula" skills... or maybe she was just playing with her shadow... either way, she was cute!

until she realized how much sand she got over herself, and she was ready to leave... immediately...

we stopped for a little nourishment on our way home, and it was such a delicious sandwich, from Storto's... she gobbled everything up, bean sprouts and all...

and a sunset in the countryside as we drove back to our room... another perfect ending to a great day...