This was the day we left our island to fly back to the main island & then fly home.

Ford & I in a 2-man kyak on the ocean close to our beach near our resort. You could see the fish very clearly in the water below the surface.

Jeff & I went down a natural rock/water slide in the jungle. We hiked close to the top of the rock falls & slid down-talk about fun!

This is what our island looked like-white sandy beaches & crystal clear, blue waters. The beaches are pretty much undisturbed as you can.

Beautiful waterfall we hiked to-this is our group in the foreground

We got 2 cakes-one was for my birthday & the other one was for our Anniversary

This was our house gecko-they bring good luck & more importantly, eat the bugs in your room!

The 3 of us dressed up in our sulus (skirts)

Our trip to Fiji

On March 19, 2009, our 39th wedding anniversary, the miracles happened for us to take our vacation to Fiji. Jeff went w/us along w/Ford's sister, her family & a couple of her husband's siblings w/their families. We had quite the adventure! The most important thing was that we did have a very enjoyable time. We really loved the people of Fiji! They were very giving, hospitable people, eager to do what they could to make you happy & comfortable. Fiji is a very lush, tropical jungle type area, anyway, the island we stayed on was that way. It is also pretty remote and is not as modernized as one would think. There was no electricity on the island, the power source were diesel generators. A lot of the Fijians didn't even own those because of the expense to run one. The resort we stayed at had 2 generators & they ran 24/7 for which we were very grateful because it was terribly HOT & HUMID!!!! We felt we needed to take a shower as soon as we stepped out of our bure (bungalow) each day & we had just showered before leaving it. Ford was able to cope with his pain, he didn't get his pain pump installed before we left, but did get it taken care of in April after we returned home. He didn't do a lot of sightseeing because of his situation, but he rested a lot which was something he needed to do so it worked out for him. This island, called Tavenui, was pretty impoverished, but the people were a very happy group. Their poor circumstances didn't bother them. We were there for 8 days. I have posted some pictures of some of the things we did and saw while there. Hope you enjoy them! Bula! (their greeting for "hello or good-bye", but its real meaning is "happy life"!)