Hawaii... Trip 1

I went to Hawaii in the middle of October. It was a much needed trip from work and to relax. Stayed in Kahana and soaked up the sun. Having been to the island of Maui when I was 5, I remembered so little so it was fun to do all the tourist things.

I woke up one day to this sight! It was beautiful.

Sands of Kahana Hotel








The view from the pool




Went to the largest Banyan tree in the U.S. which is located in Lahaina. It was massive.





We did the Road to Hana on a bus tour, which was both beautiful, fun and horrible and sickening all at the same time.

















Also found this awesome store called Dan's Greenhouse. They sell indoor bonsai tree's in lava rocks. They are awesome. They also had baby pigs there that you could feed and awesome birds to hold.

This little lizard was outside of a small place we had some great pizza. It was pretty funny!

Logan.... Pocatello

I got the tour of Logan... I haven been up there a few times, but never gone to any of these places.

First stop was the sock shop. I bought several biking socks and the sales guy gave me a very comfortable (FREE) pair of bamboo socks. I was impressed at how comfortable and cozy they were.

Next stop was Gossner's Swiss Cheese factory. Mmmmmm

They had reduced fat Lacy Swiss cheese! So awesome

Third stop was Pepperidge Farm factory. Bags of goldfish for cheap.. Also a great find was this gold fish shirt. I love it.

The final stop was Casper's Ice Cream. Home of the Fat boy ice cream sandwich. Couldn't resist getting a fat boy and some ice cream.

POCATELLO RACING
The race course was a 25 mile loop laps outside of Pocatello. I road the course and it was really nice. The first half of the course was wonderful... some downhill and pretty much flat the whole time. It was nice just out there riding. The second half was some climbing and well the last 3 miles is through a canyon gap with climbing grades exceeding 7%. Needless to say when it was over I was exhausted and super hot.

Before the race... when we were happy and full of energy


First lap right after the huge three mile climb




Jeff Clawson after his first lap




Jason finishing


Alex finishing


Sorry Erin I didn't get any pictures of you.