Hawaii - Part Three

Thursday

Our first stop was Kaena Point State Park (northwestern point of Oahu). We hoped to see whales, but didn't realize it was a 3-mile hike to the tip of the island. Bit tough with a toddler more interested in rocks, sticks and running the hills! Took us about an hour to go two miles, so we decided to head back to the car and continue our day - If only we had the Bob!









On to Haleiwa!



Turtle Bay - Found one!!





A seal on the same beach



Matsumoto Shave Ice - Island favorite!



Haliwea Beach





Cole finally fell asleep around 4:30pm. We know he loves adventure, but never imagined he'd last 9 hours! He was such a trooper the entire day - Not one complaint out of the kid, even when we were cruising the Haliwea shops. We took advantage and drove along the North Shore so Tom could watch waves. The waves were supposed to be 20ft high, but no such luck. Plenty of surfers having fun though!

Ehukai Beach (Banzai Pipeline)



Sunset at Waimea Bay



Friday

Waikiki Beach



Looking for a crab



20 weeks - Halfway there!



Worn out from 9 days of non-stop fun in the sun!



Saturday

Ko Olina Disney Resort (western shore of Oahu) with Traci & Brett













Sunday

Our last day in Honolulu - Couldn't believe we woke up to a rainbow!





Hanging with a local



DOLE!



Sad to leave our friends and so very thankful for their love and hospitality!

Hawaii - Part Two

Tuesday

Manoa Falls Hike



Collecting "howers" - When he sniffs them, he blows out through his nose. It's adorable!







A hurricane came through just after this picture - And we thought the first half of our hike was muddy... Only option was to keep going up!







150 ft falls - A spectacular site and definitely worth the wet hike. Just wish it wasn't raining so hard so we could've taken more photos!

Nu'Uanu Pali Lookout

Cold, rainy and windy the minute we got out of the car...









Lanikai Beach - East Coast

Ranked as world's top beach in 1996. Thanks to all the rain we brought with us, found it to be currently under water. Of course!



Drove a bit down the road to see if we could find another access point and it started pouring.

Back to Kailua!







Cole was asleep by the time we got out of the parking lot, so we drove up the coast. Gorgeous!

Wednesday

Dole Plantation and the North Shore



Perfect first stop - Fresh pineapple for Tom, a giant maze for me and a train ride for Cole!









Collecting our stamps at the hidden stations!





Took us an hour to find 7 stamps - Let's blame Cole's love of puddles and not my map-reading skills... It was tough for us to give up on that last stamp, but it was getting cold and Cole wouldn't stop screaming "TRAIN!" when he heard the whistles in the distance. He clearly wasn't going to understand our need to complete this task, so we made our way to the station!







Is it bad that before this visit I thought pineapples grew on trees?



Next stop - Turtle Bay Resort









Mid-afternoon snack at a shrimp truck - Giovanni's hot and spicy shrimp nearly killed all my taste buds but it was absolutely delicious!