Welcome to 2020!  We rang in the new year in classic DesJarlais style — sleeping. haha

We’ve had a great week since our last post; here are a few highlights:

• On Christmas Day, we visited Volcano National Park on the Big Island. Kind of underwhelming cause the last volcanic eruption – which lasted almost 30 years – ended more than a year ago. So no lava, no steam, no nothing. Just a barren landscape. Interesting to see the after effects, but not as exciting as boiling orange lava bubbling in a crater.
• We moved to the island of Oahu – specifically Waikiki beach. Wow, the area has really changed even in the last six years since we were last here. Manhattan-level hordes walking around at night.
• Biker and I, and dad and Shirley, visited the North Shore to see the big waves and watch surfers, while the kids hiked Diamond Head and snorkeled Hanauma Bay. Lots of traffic and lots of people – the theme of Oahu.
• Some of us visited Pearl Harbor – always a moving experience – and some of us “tried” to windsurf. The windsurfing crew came back pretty beaten up, and Biker realized a day later when the red streaks were moving up his foot and into his ankle that he had an infected injury. A trip to urgent care verified he had an infection in his lymph glands; he’s on the mend now.
• We traveled to Maui and settled into our gorgeous rental house here.
• We drove the road to Hana yesterday. Long and gorgeous drive. So lush and lots of waterfalls.

That’s it for now. Variety of pics below.

And finally, for those of you who know dad, make sure you’re sitting down before viewing this photo of him:

Told ya to sit down. 🙂