Thank you! :D Oh, I definitely will. :) I'm going with my parents, and I'll be the one in charge of taking pictures. :P

Thanks! I definitely had a fun, busy time. Four islands in two weeks - I definitely saw a lot. :)

Thank you. :) I had a good time. I hope to go to the Big Island again if I return to the Hawaiian islands... and maybe Maui too (wish we had spent a little more time there :().

We did go to Lahaina in Maui -- it was nice there. We went to Lahaina for lunch, had it at Bubba Gump's, where we had a lovely view of the ocean. :) I know about the Road to Hana -- my sister did that when she went to Maui, but I didn't do that. I have heard great things about it though even if it's a bit of a dangerous drive.

We went to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island...that was quite an experience. I never saw a crater/caldera in person before. And we stopped at a black sand beach too. That was amazing. Seeing a black sand beach was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. :)

We went to a snorkling beach in Kona with a few other people...I didn't snorkle, just hung out there. Those who did snorkle said that they did see something, but it was probably better if they had gone early in the day...

We did a tour of Honolulu in Oahu (after we went to Pearl Harbor)...we did go to a park there, but it was raining at the time so we couldn't stay long. We didn't go to those other places - Hanauma Bay sounds cool though. :) We did go to the Polynesian Cultural Center, which was informative in terms of learning about Polynesian culture.

We only saw steam... they did say at the volcano park that you could best see the lava flow at night (at least the glow from the lava). I don't recall them saying anything about the lava flowing recently though. Oh well, it was still an interesting experience all the same. :)

Yeah, I knew I wouldn't get to see everything the first time -- there is *a lot* to see in the Hawaiian islands after all. I heard people talking about how amazing Diamond Head was (on Oahu, I believe). That would be nice to see. :)

Thank you! I definitely did. :)

Thank you. :) I had a good time there and it was interesting to experience different islands in a short span of time. I hope you get to go to Hawaii if you haven't been there yet.

Thank you! Maui is the place to go in the islands -- I always hear about how great that island is. :) We only spent two nights in Maui, but the weather was nice there and they gave us these kukui nut leis (for free :)) at the hotel before we left. That was really nice of them. :)

That's cool that your friend lives there - what a nice place to live. Your friend is so lucky! ;)

The writing break did help me to recharge...even though I wrote down a few notes on hotel stationary. The fic was always on the back of my mind, I couldn't help it. At least I didn't make too many drastic changes. :P

Thank you! I appreciate it. I had a nice time, but I'm glad to be back. :)

Thank you! :) I had a great time. I saw a lot, and I hope to return one day. :)