Highlights:
-North Shore quick tour (surfing mecca)
**Charlie got released from work a bit early this day, so we decided to move out of the Pearl Harbor bachelor housing and on to bigger and better things in Hawaii. Vacation officially starts this day! We drove up to the North Shore to check out our potential snorkeling, beach spots for the vacation. We hit Shark's Cove first and then Turtle Beach. Except we didn't see any turtles.
-Sharks Cove (for snorkeling)
**See above.
-Waimea Valley Audubon Center with waterfall swimming & tadpole-toe-eating, peacocks
**Since we still had some daylight left (sun sets promptly at 6:30pm), we checked out the Audubon Center. They have a waterfall you can swim in at the very back of the park. While en route to and from the waterfall, we encountered much beautiful scenery and lots of friggin' peacocks and other birds - including a Turducken (John Madden would have been proud). We swam in the waterfall and a nice lady took some pictures for us. Ironically, we saw the same lady and family (4-5 kids, plus mom, dad and grandma) at Hanauma Bay a couple days later. It was cold swimming in there, but absolutely beautiful.
-Beach sunset viewing & turtle sighting at Turtle Beach
**On our way into Hale'iwa for some dinner, we stopped to catch our very first Hawaiian sunset on Turtle Beach. Midway through the romance, Charlie spotted some turtles on the far end of the beach and went to investigate. Once he confirmed turtle-age, Jaime joined him in the romantic turtle-viewing area. Little did she know that the universal symbol for "turtle barrier" was a thick red rope lying on the ground. She proceeded to step right on in the verboten circle and encroach upon the sleeping turtle's personal space. A turtle-protection volunteer ran toward her shouting at her to "please step away from the turtle, ma'am" and so she did. No, there were no signs. Just a red rope lying on the ground. Whoops! Anyway, sea turtles are awesome, snuggly creatures. I wish I could keep one.
-Hale'iwa Joes for dinner
**A starving charlie and jaime then drove into Hale'iwa town for dinner at Hale'iwa Joe's on the marina. Good food, great view.
-Hale Koa Hotel relocate
**We moved our crap (so much of it) to the new hotel, which was surprisingly nice for a military hotel. If you qualify to stay there, we recommend it highly - oh yeah, it's tax free!
-Aloha Festivals street party in Waikiki
**After an exhausting day driving and moving and ...eating, we decided to hit the last night of the Hawaiian Aloha Festival. It's their yearly cultural celebration and this night was the street party. Par-tay! Enhhh. It was fine. There were live bands, booths and food. We hit the tail end of it, maybe the last 45-60 mins and I have to say that Waikiki wasn't as packed as I thought it would be. At least not for a street festival. We saw some good bands (okay, maybe just one) and some terrible karaoke-style, talent-show bands, but it was still decent to see. We were pooped...AND we slept in the next day until 7am!
PICTURES AT: http://picasaweb.google.com/marshiks/2007_09_21Day3Hawaii
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