Come walk with me!

Doesn't this look inviting? It is probably only 74 degrees or so- not quite pool weather.

    This blog post is dedicated to my friends who like to walk. For those who live back"east" where I migrated from, this is for you since we can't walk together. Linda D. and Lisi would love this walk! So today you are "walking " with me….. This is my usual walk when I am not on a mountain hike, a coastal stroll, or my Thursday AM walk/Starbucks stop. Slather on your sunscreen, put on your hat, grab your sunglasses, and your water.

We pass many citrus trees.

Luscious avocados.

Oh my! What is that sweet fragrance? Jasmine- can smell that long before you see it.

Not so pretty in my eyes anyway.

Roses

Even the mailboxes wear flowers.

And the fire hydrants also. African daisies.

Blindingly bright mounds of ice plant.

By the way you climbed a lengthy hill and this is looking back at the mountains/ high hills in the distance.  

Geraniums gone wild!

Lots of Birds of Paradise

Another well dressed mailbox.

You are sweating by now because you just hiked up this massive hill. There are no flat walks in Fallbrook!

Time to plant. Although you should have planted your cold weather vegetables back in Nov/Dec I believe.

The weather on your walk. It feels like about 80 by now because the sun is so intense.

One of the multitude of nurseries in Fallbrook. Maybe you will see these flowers in YOUR Stein's or Home Depot.

Heading home.

If you look really intently you can see a snow capped mountain just left of center.

This is so nice having you walk with me.

I have several friends like this that bark until I tell them they are, "A good boy". Then they look confused about whether they know me.

Not sure what this is but smell that fragrance!

And this…. not a usual sight in our neighborhood. We purchased a mattress at a very nice discount and it included removing our old set. Well imagine my surprise when I saw our set dumped about a block from our house! I promptly called the store and demanded that they come remove it or I was reporting them!

Wisteria

Some kind of yellow shrub rose with sea lavender.

A yard full of ganzias

Back home.

Come sit with me on the patio and have a cold drink.

Thanks for walking with me and I look forward to your visit!

Aloha from Maui

From our balcony

Aloha from Maui- our third and final island. We arrived at our beautiful resort just before sunset. It was the Makena Beach and Golf Resort on the southwest portion of the coast. A gorgeous location away from the hustle and bustle. This is the view from our balcony and my stylish shell lei presented to us at check in. Very fancy resort in a perfect location!

We had done a lot of driving around on the last 2 islands so we stayed at our resort the first day and relaxed on the beach.

Our beach- Turtle Bay- great snorkeling right from the beach.

I saw my first turtle while snorkeling! He/she looked just like this.

Our future home just up the coast from the resort.

Or maybe we will just build our dream home!

Nice pink iphone Dave! Talking to one of our boys.

We decided we needed a few photos ( I decided since Dave really doesn't care about such things) in something other than hiking clothes with baseball caps and sunglasses! This was the night of my birthday. Dave treated me to a delicious seafood buffet at our resort. I would have photos but some person forbid me…. It was photo worthy-even had an ice sculpture. 

Never can have too many sunset pics! Right from our beach.

Awwww….. still together after soooo many years!

Our resort

Plumeria

Dorsal fin

   After watching the North Pacific Humpback Whales from our beach, we decided we needed to see them up close. Our first plan was to rent a 2-person sea kayak. So we arranged it for 6:45 am on Sat so the ocean would be calmer. Well it was very rough and they didn't recommend going out since we weren't experienced. Change of plans- we booked a 2 hour whale watching cruise out of Wa'alaea Harbor. At only $30 pp it was a great value! We started seeing whales right away in the bay. There were multiple mom/baby sets. Very fun to watch the babies show off their skills!

A nice head lunge

The boats try to stay 100 yards away from the whales but this whale swam under our boat twice! This is looking right off the boat down through the water. Now if we had been in a kayak it would have been really exciting!

Nice fluke

and again….

Sunday we checked out of our resort and had the privilege of special meeting.  Saw some people we knew from WI and MN. Then we explored until time to go to the airport. Iao Valley and this is the Iao Needle

Then on to the scenic town of Pa'ia.

Ho'okipa Beach- known for perfect kite surfing conditions. They were really zipping along!

Our lunch/supper place- one more round of seafood

Fence of surfboards

Close up of the flowers at the restaurant.

Our last drive was along a high winding road with single lane stretches and no guard rails!  Beautiful views though.
Then on to the airport to take the red eye home. Mahalo for reading my travelogue!