A few weeks after we got back I read a news story about a family on vaca having helicopter ride with trouble and sitting the copter down... in lava.
If I would have read that before hand NO WAY WOULD I HAVE PUT MY KIDS ON A HELICOPTER!
The weird thing is I had a fear of heights but that ride was so spectacular it didn’t bother me at all.
We also went down on a sub. Snorkeled liked crazy starting at the crack of down. Fresh shrimp. A pigeon, who we named Stumpy cuz he was missing a toe, came into our hotel room every morning to eat breakfast with us. Great vaca!
My kids said the helicopter Hawaii vacation was the best vacation ever. We were on Maui and hit Snorkel Bobs for their week long snorkeling special. We snorkeled a couple of times a day and swam with the turtles every evening. Beautiful pace outside the politics.