Paradise gets a new meaning

Our first night in Honolulu was torture because of our condo.  I didn't sleep the entire night.  It was smaller than a regular bedroom, and it was suppose to fit all 5 of us.  We quickly tried to find a new place for the rest of the week.  Dad found an amazing beach house.  It had a huge back yard that was right on the beach.                         The best part was I had my own bedroom.  It was beautiful.  Super nice.  I really got into baseball (go Boston Redsoxs) and football, so the backyard was awesome!  We met really nice people that happened to be our neighbors.  They had 3 kids, Jake 13, Joey 10, and Jimmy 8.  Jimmy was hilarious!  We hung out with them for most of the week.  We did go to Pearl Harbor, and it was so sad.  We went to the USS Arizona Memorial which was right on top of the USS Arizona which sunk during World War II.  You could see the ship.  After a fun filled week, we are off to the Big Island which is really the name of the island!  Zaugg adventures will continue!!!  If we live through this island, no one knows!!!  PS....Go Giants.  By the way, if you want to see pictures, go to my brothers website, www.peytonzaugg.blogspot.com

Rainey

HaWOWii

When we landed in Honolulu, lunch was on my mind.  I didn't care that I was in paradise, I just wanted lunch.  So, we headed to Stingerray's in the airport.  Next we caught our connecting flight to Kauai.  Kauai is famous for all the movie that have been filmed on it.  Jurassic Park, Six Days and Seven Nights, South Pacific, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more.  The island was very lush and beautiful.  Considering that the main highway was a 2 lane road that went all around the island, wait, you can't consider it, because you would have to see it to believe it.  We stayed in the village of Princeville.  Our side of the island is the rainy, jungle side.  That's right, just 45 minutes away has a completely different climate.  Amazing.  But, the weather was gorgeous on our side too!  We got to our condo and hung out.  The next morning we headed for Tunnels Beach.  Sound familiar?  At the time we didn't know it, but this was the beach where Bethany Hamilton "the soul surfer" was attacked by the shark.  We went snorkeling not far from where she was.  The next day, at 6:30 in the morning, we headed for Port Allen.  This is where we took a catamaran sail trip.  We were suppose to go to the Na Pali coast line, but a huge swell came in and we had to go to a different part of the island.  It was so fun.  We saw so many marine animals.  But to name a few, Humpback whales, Monk seals, dolphins, and of course my beloved sea turtles.  That afternoon we went to a place called the Beach House.  It had a small bay that was famous for sea turtles!  I headed straight for the water with my snorkel gear on determined to swim with a sea turtle.  After swimming around for a little bit, I finally saw one.  The two of us swam side by side for quite a while.  I even got to see another one.  I saw a shiny thing in his flipper which I realized was a fishing hook.  I started crying.  The poor turtle didn't do anything wrong!  We finally went back to our condo, worn out from a full day.  I went to bed early still thinking about the turtle with the hook in his flipper.  The next day we set out for Poipu, a surfers paradise. We decided that this was where we were going to take our surfing lessons.  We all did great except one of us.  I'll give you 3 hints.  He's the oldest of the group, he is the owner of Matrix achievement Group, and he is the one that you would think couldn't surf.  You guessed it.....Todd.  Now the next couple of days we spent swimming and snorkeling.  And then it was my birthday (Feb. 2nd).  Mom and Dad had something big planned, but they wouldn't tell me.  I woke up to flowers, singing, and gifts.  Paradise!  We drove to this shopping place and stopped.  I saw a sign that said Blue Hawaiian and with a helicopter on it.  We were going on a helicopter tour.  It was so beautiful.  Words can't describe the beauty we saw.  But, luckily the entire ride was filmed and recorded, so I have a lifetime DVD.  To my surprise, we ended the day with a birthday cake.  After a great birthday (the best ever), we fell in bed again!  The next day we went surfing all day and had a great time.  In the morning we left for the airport headed to Honolulu.  See you in Oahu!

Rainey

From Germantown to Hollywood

This is better late than never.....I'm going to fast forward a little bit.  We left Sunday, Jan. 21st for Amarillo, TX through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 1 hour past the Texas state border line.  After traveling all day, it felt good to get out of the car and eat at T.G.I. Fridays and watch the Giants beat the 49ers.  Go Eli even though Brady is going to crush you.  After some well needed sleep, we got up and drove to Flagstaff, AZ.  The rest of Texas and New Mexico was in our dust.  We got to Flagstaff, and it was snowing.  Again it felt good to stop, rest and sleep.  Off and away we drove to California.  Driving into LA was like a movie.  Palm trees, beautiful houses, and crazy drivers!  Well, not in the movies are there crazy drivers but in real life they swarm the place.  At the hotel we got warm free cookies.  Next day we headed to Universal studios.  Praise the Lord for yelp maps!  It was so fun to see some of our favorite movies become rides.  It was not fun to go into the House of Horrors.  After a day filled with fun, we headed back to the hotel.  The next morning we headed to Hollywood.  Mom thought we should go on this famous shopping street (Rodeo Drive).  If you've ever seen yelp maps, you'll know that is shows a red pin where you started and green pin where you end.  A little blue ball is you.  This famous shopping street set us off course.  Our destination was near Malibu.  After some "confusion" and once again yelp maps we finally got to an amazing restaurant right on the ocean.  It was super fun.  The next day was a hang out day.  We swam and played tennis at the hotel.  That night we headed to Dave and Busters.  Guess who got 1,000 tickets??  The next morning we were off to Hawaii.  After some more "confusion" we got to LAX and made our flight.  We hopped on the plane with much excitement!  I practice my "Aloha" on the entire flight.  Mom read a Hawaiian magazine, Peyton listened to music, Chancellor and Dad watched movies, and then it happened. We were flying to Hawaii.  I'll soon be writing about Kauai, the island we are headed to first.  Until next time, feeling adventurous!

Rainey