Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Mauna Kea

In December, during Nana's visit, Jeremy, Jake, Justin and I went up to Mauna Kea to watch the sunset. Jeremy has been wanting to go ever since we arrived in Kona - but it is unsafe for children under 16 years old. At 16,000 feet (or so), the altitude is just too high for the little ones. We took advantage of Nana the babysitter. :) It was breathtakingly beautiful! God's world is amazing!


The summit gets so cold, it actually snows!


Jeremy and Jake filled a cooler with snow to bring back for Jillian.





Here we are: Justin, Jeremy, me and Jake. I was freezing! Most of the time, I watched from inside the warm Jeep. We had to rent a Jeep because you need a 4X4 to make it up the mountain. Everyone talks about the scary Mauna Kea mountain road - but it was nothing compared to the road to Denali. Talk about scary! Nothing we've seen in Hawaii (so far)compares to that road!


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