Well, I've been home for three days now, and I figure it's about time I talked about it, so here goes.

Of all the visits Rys and I have ever had, this one was by far the best! We had so much fun together, I can barely even begin to express it.

Here's a list of the high points (of which there were many)

- Saw all sorts of interesting birds, including several of the native, endangered Hawaiian ones. I had seen a few of them before on previous trips, but this time I saw two new ones, the i'iwi and the Maui alauahio. I was absolutely thrilled to get to see them!

Here's a couple pictures of them...
http://www.hawaii-forest.com/_img/n.....iwiw-sized.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374.....da39e5e0_o.jpg

- Went to a Japanese festival with Rys, which was fun. They had all sorts of food, arts, and crafts, as well as taiko drummers. One group of them was made up entirely of kids, which I thought was pretty neat.

- Got lots of alone time with my lion. <3

Ten days wasn't enough...