Swimming with Sharks...

Alright, I know what you all are thinking...Carl is actually going to post something on the blog? Yes, yes I am. I figured I would fill everyone in on the NY branch of the Hardie tree and let you know what is going on in the northeast.

The biggest news is that we just got back from Becca's brother's wedding in Hawaii. Its' a rough life but someone had to go and support him. Believe me, it took a lot of arm twisting to get me to go, but then I figured if we HAD to go, we were going to do it right and spend a couple of weeks there (heavy sarc). So, here are some pics and some hightlights from the trip.
These are from Haunama Bay. We went snorkeling here the first day and it was amazing. We liked it so much we didn't realize we were getting severely sunburned. Ouch!


The next day we hit up the north shore for a little surfing, Giovanni's Shrimp Truck (don't knock it until you've tried it), and Matsumoto's famous shaved Ice.

Next it was scuba diving before we headed off to the big island to meet up with Becca's family for the wedding.
After the wedding we checked out the volcano park and the black-sand beach before heading back to Oahu. We stayed on the North Shore the second week for more surfing and to check out the Polynesian Cultural Center.We also checked out Pearl Harbor where we toured the USS Missouri where the treaty that ended WWII was signed, the memorial over the USS Arizona, and the USS Bowfin submarine.However, I think the highlight of the trip was swimming with sharks off of the North shore of Oahu. We went about 3 miles off the coast and got in a cage that floats on top of the water. (I told them I didn't need the cage but they made me watch them from inside it anyway.) I punched a couple of them in the nose and they took off but here are some pictures of the others. They were all about 10 to 12 ft. long.


It was a great trip and I will try to post the link to all of our pictures on the blog.