Heading out on our tour of snorkeling, lunch on an island, visiting waterfalls and some ancient ruins.
Getting started on our Tour.
We had a good time on our guided tour. The tour included an all day trip with a guide that took us to two placed to snorkel. Snorkeling was really great. The colors and variety of coral and fish are amazing.
We also visited this beautiful
Kepirohi Falls, falls on our tour. There was a good size pool to wade or swim in at the bottom of the falls.
The boat approaching Nan Madol an ancient place built with huge rocks see the link to learn more about it.
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Mom liked having lunch on a small island in the area we were snorkeling. She dreamed of being on Surviver and being on our own island.
Standing on the Petroglyphs, which are rocks that have carvings on them. It was interesting to find it. There are no signs and only a few roads. The map had very little detai
ls. So we had to ask a lot of questions and even some of the local people had no idea.
Carvings
More carvngs.
Some friends who visited the Petroglyphs with us.
Another beautiful flower on the Island.
Mom, checking out the waterfalls and resting from the hike down into what seemed like a canyon.
Oliver will follow Andrew almost anywhere.
We visited another beautiful waterfall. Three people were killed visiting this falls during a rain storm because of a flood of water that came down from the mountains.
On the night before we left we visited some missionary friends and celebrated Megan's birthday.
As some of you may know I like to ride. I have been looking for a new bike for about six months and I really wanted a 2001 Honda Gold Wing or newer. I have searched a four state area of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California. I finally found one in Hillsboro, Oregon. It is a 2002 and is in like new condition.
The color is a pearl blue and it appears either blue or purple depending on the lighting. It came with two helmets and the intercom connections so we can talk to each other while we are riding. It also has an adjustment for how it rides. It has 26 settings from a soft cushion ride to a stiff sport bike kind of ride.
It only has 4500 miles on the bike, which is very low mileage for a Gold Wing. I have seen them for sale with over 150,00 miles. It has 7 weather channels you can listen to, AM, FM and a 6 disc CD. It also has cruise control and reverse. Since the bike weights about 850lbs it is very nice to have reverse to get out of parking spaces and move the bike around in tight spaces.
It has two side storage compartments and trunk and a storage rack on top of the trunk. Their is even a keyless lock and unlock and a automatic trunk opener like you have on a car.
It has nice bright lights, automatic turn signals that turn off automatically and there is an adjustment for the head lights you can adjust in varying conditions. The bright lights really light up the road in front of you.
It has an 1800cc six cylinder engine that is very quick to respond and plenty of power to carry driver and passenger over any mountain pass. It comes with a 6.4 gallon gas tank and at 35 mpg in town and 45 mpg on the highway you can go between 225 to 280 miles on a tank
One of the things I was waiting for was to sell my dad's truck and use some of those funds to get a new bike. And a couple weeks ago the truck sold so I became even more serious about getting a Goldwing. I was sure I wanted a bike that was at least a 2001 or newer because they started the 1800cc in 2001.
