We started the morning by driving back to the North Shore to swim and wade in Shark Cove, which is a sheltered snorkeling hole that both Auggie and Ella could safely wade into to see fish and crab. We have no pictures from the swimming, but did spend some time at the beach afterwards before the hot sun forced us to retreat.
Afterwards, we went across the street to our now favorite food truck garden and enjoyed another Açaí bowl while the kids collected odd fruit off the ground.
Then we set off on a drive along the North Shore to the east side of the island. The views were spectacular, but we didn’t make many stops since Ella was napping in the car. Favorite tourist sparce towns included Punaluu, Kaawa, Waikane.
We liked our drive so much - and Ella was sleeping so well- we looped back to Lanikai Beach. This was a mm big change in the feel from our desolate tropical rain shadow towns - small streets with tightly packed million dollar homes hid a beautiful but overpopulated beach. The area was postcard perfect, but we did not have much time to enjoy it, as we had to head back home.
By the time we finished with this last beach, we were through all of our dry clothes and wearing wet suits. Since we had returned our rented booster and Auggie was now riding with a safety car vest, we dressed him in Daniel’s one remaining dry shirt, which he absolutely loved.
We made it back to our condo in time for a quick change of clothes and brief packing for our early morning flight the following day, before returning to Ala Moana beach to meet up with Chris for a picnic of Burmese food while awaiting the weekly fireworks show over Waikiki. Kids barely made it to the fireworks, which were at 7:45, but passed out within minutes of getting in the car. We didn’t take many pictures, but Chris did and we will post them in a few days.
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