Hanalei works its magic...

30 seconds later, the clothes were gone and those two were swimming in the Wailua River. I would post the pics, but I'll save those for some day when R is in trouble.

Kidlets contemplating the height of the jump vs. the depth of the ocean. They were told to sack up, and spent the next three days hurtling themselves off the pier. They have turned into little fish.

The world's fastest flower girl waiting for the ceremony to start in her yellow dress. Shangri-La at Moloaa is one of the most incredible places I have ever been. And Sheryl & Mike, the owners, were so kind and fun. The wedding was the most beautiful and happy one I've ever attended. And the monsters behaved!

It was three days of swimming, swimming and more swimming. One would never guess I was on swim hiatus. When I lived there, I ran Hanalei Beach each morning, from Black Pot down to Waipa Stream and back. I was not training for anything, I didn't race, ever. It was just running to run. On Friday I braved it, and ran the beach, shoeless, in the middle of the day.. and it didn't hurt. On Saturday we hiked, swam some more, and partied all night at the wedding. Sunday was a hike and a happy four mile run. Now if only I can hold on to that magic back here on Oahu... it is time to ease slowly into some Kona training! Perhaps I won't have to bring a scalpel when we head to the Bodies Exhibit on Thursday after all...

PS - Found in the Kauai Newspaper: The World's Easiest Sudoku:

Note the difficulty level. As in, it's really really difficult to find somewhere to write in your answers. And in case you couldn't solve it, they had the results a few inches down. Upside down, thankfully, so as not to spoil the puzzle.