Hawaii - May 28 - East and North Shore of Oahu

The north shore of Oahu is famous for a reason.  The northeast shore isn't, but I don't know the reason for that at all.  I think it's awesome.

We'd already been up and down the southeast side from Kailua, around Makapu'u and all the way to Honolulu - several times.  But Drayas had never been north of Kaneohe, except on our plane ride.

Time to fix that!

We had some breakfast at Moke's in Kailua:

After that we went to Kerry's funeral in Mililani.  I have some photos from that too, but that was his adventure and his family's, not mine.

The group gathered for lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Mililani-Mauka and then we all split off.  Val and her friend Karen headed straight north to Hale Iwa to look for turtles and hang out on the beach for the afternoon.  Melch, Drayas and I took the H3 to Kaneohe and began the counter-clockwise path north and westward towards the north shore.

Chinaman's Hat

I experience the ocean through a camera.  Melch uses her feet.

It was even prettier in person

If it's wrong to spend a bunch of time watching a puppy eat a coconut on Sunset Beach, North Shore, Oahu... then I don't want to be right.

So many wild chickens in Hawaii.  And chicks too!

Pipeline

Sea turtle at Laniakea Beach 

Setting sun on the north shore

We finally made it to Hale Iwa ourselves as sunset approached.  To me, Hale Iwa means two things - surfers and shave ice.  We didn't have time or boards for surfing, but we definitely had time for shave ice!  Matsumoto's is the famous location for that, but they were closed when we arrived.  San Lorenzo would have to do, and they came through just fine.

A Hale Iwa tradition

Once we had our sugar buzz solidly buzzing, it was time for the nighttime drive down the center of the island.  Melch wasn't feeling well, so we dropped her off and went to a pub for some real  (i.e., not sugar-water) food.  Their kitchen was closed, so we had a round and then went to Zippy's for some late-night burgers before heading to bed.

It was a very long, very busy day.  It wasn't all fun, but some of it was very fun.  And it was definitely another adventure.