Go horseback riding which was fun until I fell off from a poor attempt at a triple flip dismount. (In reality, the cinch wasn't tight enough and the saddle slid sideways while we were trotting/galloping but my story sounds a whole lot better.) One good thing about falling off the horse is that I was so sore in other places that I didn't feel the saddle soreness I most likely had.
Go kayaking for the first time. We saw turtles in beautiful Kaneohe Bay.
Go sailing 3 times on my brother's sailboat. His yacht club has a race every Thursday evening and I got to ride during one of the races. The night before my return home we took another more leisurely ride and he taught me a little about "crewing".
Go walking on some beautiful beaches.
Go swimming.
Go hiking.
...and for an unexpected highlight of the trip, a friend of one of my sons took my BIL and me on a ride on a Cessna (my first time on a small plane) up the coast of Oahu and down through the center of the island. I was happy that I'd been to some of the landmarks we flew over so that I could ID them myself. We also flew near both my sister's and brother's houses.
I did very little stitching but I taught my 11 yo niece how to stitch.
We all had such a great time that we're already talking about doing this again next year...minus falling off the horse, I hope.
Now that I'm home I'll start stitching a new model today. I loved it the minute the graph arrived.
Aloha and Happy stitching!
