Today we started the day with breakfast on the beach. Starbucks and bagels on the sand-PERFECT!
After touring the local beach/hotel area we decided to take a drive up to the North Shore. What a beautiful drive. How would it be to live beachside? Someday.
As we were driving along, we came across the Dole Plantation and had to stop for a tour and a fresh pineapple of course! What a fun adventure. We decided not to take the train tour, but to walk instead. So fun! I will never forget the sweet smell of pineapple as we walked through the front door. YUM.
After the tour we headed to our original destination, the North Shore. WOW! What awesome beaches. You may laugh, but that was the coolest sand we have ever seen. It was like sesame seeds. Soft and light and oh-so-comfortable to lay out on.
The waves were HUGE! Winter is the best time for surfing, however, I do not surf but do so enjoy watching others. We were in luck, as it was some kind of competition going on. It was fun to watch, but we had more important things to do, like get a tan and swim, so we moved on to the next beach where we could play.
After all this play, we were quite hungry. As we were driving along looking for a place to eat, we came across this rather interesting beat-up old motor home advertising fresh seafood and voted #1 on the island. I was scared, but Mike insisted it is places like this that really do have the best food. He was right! WOW. Check out the size of those shrimp! Delicious.
On the way back to the hotel, we decided to once again stop at the Dole Plantation. They had a farmers market outside and the fresh fruit is just too good to pass up. Next door is another plantation, the Halemano Plantation, and we had to check it out as well.
We end this fun-filled day with a great show at the hotel complete with Hula Dancers, Fire Dancers and the best firework display I have EVER seen. It was AWESOME! And of course, a nice long walk on the beach.
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