LA and Hawaii Vacation

We are back from our trip to California and Hawaii. Here was our itinerary:

From Feb 3-7, 2005 we were in Palm Springs. While we were there, we visited a Native American owned park that featured hiking trails and bridle trails. Being inexperienced hikers, we opted for a 1 mile hike up and down the Andreas Canyon which is on the San Andreas fault line. Other highlights of our time in Palm Springs were visiting the Aerial Tram and the Palm Springs Air Museum.

From Feb 7-16, 2005 we were in Maui, HI. We were actually supposed to come back to the LA area on Feb 14, but were having so much fun, we opted to stay a couple extra days. We did a fair amount of just taking it easy while there, but we did manage to see a bunch of cool things as well. We went to the Maui Ocean Center aquarium where they have some awesome displays of fish native to Hawaii's shores. We did a humpback whale watch with the Pacific Whale Foundation which is a non-profit whale research organization. We also did a day trip to the Big Island to visit Hawaii Volcanoes National park. We also did a lot of driving to just take in the beauty of the island.

From Feb 16-Feb 19, 2005 we were in the LA area and hung out with our friends Scott and Rebecca. We visited Disneyland and their newer California Adventures park. We also visited a couple 'adult' Disneylands. (For us anyway.) At Alteon, a subsidiary of Boeing, we got to fly two full motion flight simulators, a B717 and a MD-11. Later that day, we went up to Universal City's Citywalk and visited a NASCAR simulator racing center. Then is was back to Cottage Grove to rest up from our vacation.