My Trip to Maui

You might notice a theme in our blog-Hawaii vacations. Our Champion Construction Systems, Inc office is full of travelers and while we like to do water damage, we love to travel. By something of a coincidence, many of us have recently traveled to or will soon travel to Hawaii. My trip was last month and I have to agree with Nick Sharp, it was amazing. (Larry Banach went in the first part of February and we are still waiting on his post) I wanted to share some highlights.-Humpback Whales. We were in Maui during the peak of the Humpback Whale season. In fact we even went to the Whale Festival! This is what I learned--Humpback whales migrate to Maui's warm waters from November to March to have their babies in the warm, shallow and safe waters. They don't eat while they are here and lose 1/2 of their body weight. Once the calves are ready, they migrate back to Alaskan waters where they normally live. These whales are an endangered species so it was really special to have the opportunity to see them. Although you wouldn't know they are endangered because they are everywhere. We took this picture from our backyard!
-Haleakala. One morning we woke up at 2:30 and drove to the summit of Haleakala to watch the sunrise. This picture hardly does it justice. What makes this sunrise particularly special is that you are above the clouds and watch the sunrise from beneath the clouds. Haleakala is also taller than Mt. Everest, though most of it is below the ocean.
-Pearl Harbor Memorial Site. We spent our last day in Honolulu and had the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor. It is a beautiful site. There are different ways to tour the site and unfortunately our flight schedule did not permit us to tour the Arizona. However, we did tour the USS Bowfin submarine and really enjoyed it.
Be sure to check back next month for more Hawaii highlights. Our last Champion group to travel leaves for Hawaii in April and includes Brett and Summer Bishop and Jeremy and Starri Reets.
Icela Reets - Marketing Coordinator
Reader Comments (1)
Really wonderful blog Icela!