My blog got held up by robots and a real person has to do something because the robots thought I was spam. It can take up to 4 days for an unlock, so we'll see if that works. I didn't even use any bad words.
Saturday -
We drove Waimea Canyon and then all the way up the east side. NASA and the military have closed off part of the end of the road, which then requires dirt road and 4WD to reach the final cool spots. No place for rental cars, so we missed that.
We did hike a 2-mi hike (1 in, 1 out) to a view point. If we had gone on, it leads to the swamp. Mom - If you and dad did that when you were here, wow. It was tough just getting to the vista.
LANTANA grows wild along sections of the road.
The valley view above is used on the Hawaiian Airlines website. This is from the Pihu viewpoint trail from the top of Waimea Canyon. See the beach below? You can't get there from here.
Quote of the day - mom, dad and 2 girls, say 3 & 6 were on the vista trail. At one point there was a little whining and mom said "Stop whining or you'll lose ice cream privileges" Then later, we caught up with them and the 3 year old looked over mom's shoulder (she was being carried) kind of in our direction and said "This is sure a long way to go for ice cream."
We stopped in Waimea and had "shave ice" - yum. That place had 60 flavors. I don't think I have enough time to try them all.
Stopped at the fish market on the way back and bought fresh ono (moonfish) and baked it with rice for dinner.
John got in the ocean and tried his snorkel gear and flippers. Just practice. Fun to watch the kids and the surfers. Water is turquoise and warm.
Then today, we got up early and headed the other direction and drove to the end of the road on the other side. That's where a famous trail starts and we gave it a try. We made the 2 mi in and 2 mi out with great views, orchids and impatience (sp?) and a bunch of strange jungly looking plants. Some mud, but not bad. I'll be ready for new shoes when I get back. Sometimes it's called NaPali Trail. LOTS of ups and downs. Hot, but then the trail would turn and the temp would get cooler. The end of the trail (the part we did) is a gorgeous beach. (See beach photo.) Think tropical beach and that's what it was. Not a swimming place, - too dangerous -- but still nice to sit on a rock, eat our fig newtons and watch the surf. Only about 12 people there when we were there.
We headed back, dirty and yucky. Stopped for a burger and water, then hit Costco for a fill-up. $3.80 per gal. In Princeville it was $4.12. That's the first I've seen $4 per gallon.
I'm working on laundry right now while we watch the TV news. The anchors wear Hawaiian shirts.Favorite sign of the day (actually yesterday): Watch for falling coconuts.
Unfavorite hiker quote of the day: "I should have brought the boots I wore in Africa." The hiker was unfavorite, not the quote. Oh gag.
onward. If my blog gets an ok, I'll go back to that.
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