Part Two of Hawaii -- A Barefoot Hana Wedding

Mrs and Mr Lippens

After New Years, with Gus and the Ritchhart crew gone home, Shannon and I went on to part two of our trip: Hana, and Taylor Schook's wedding to Dalen Lippens at the 150 year old Huialoha Church on the eastern side of Maui.  We drove the famous Hana Highway and spent a raucous night in Hana partying before the wedding, then next day drove out another hour and more along the rough unpaved Pilani Road to the church.

It is a wild setting.

Background there Dalen is polishing the text of his vows...

...While inside Taylor and her mother Tina check the leis.

Reid Schook proudly walking his daughter up the 'aisle'

The Barefoot Ceremony

Such a lovely ceremony it was, too, complete with children and dogs, friends and family, performed by this native Hawaiian officiant.  On the right there is Austin Pier, Dalen's best bud, who had flown in from Alaska.

Shannon with her dad, Bo, and sister Nicole

Before leaving Hana next day we stopped by Waianapanapa State Park and checked out the blowholes and musical black sand beach.

Yes, musical: as waves wash back out, the black lava gravel makes a tinkle-tinkle-tinkle sound