Sunday:
We walked over to the church closest to us and enjoyed sacrament meeting before driving over to the temple grounds. We walked all over, met some nice people, and overheard some sisters talking about the history of the temple. Travis also looked up and found an incredible story. Back when the temple was being built, they didn’t have enough wood to complete the building. Unable to move forward, a ship ran aground and many people went down to the water to help them out. They ended up having to unload extra weight in lumbar and as a thank you for helping them, the captain just gave them the unloaded lumbar. It ended up being exactly the right amount of wood needed to complete the temple!
We decided to just drive and explore and see as much of the island as we could. The first place we stumbled on were some little tide pools; very cool. Along the way we found some amazing food! Then we reached the furthest point on the island you could go and we hopped out and went for a long walk up the beach. We even saw whales along the way back to the car! We then drove around to the opposite side of the island so we could watch the most gorgeous sunset over the ocean! Breathtaking.
Monday:
We ran to the point and didn’t get a sunrise, but instead we were able to watch a storm form and roll in over the island. Then we ran back in the rain; amazing!
We had breakfast in the hotel
Enjoyed amazing views as we drove down the island
We rented a kayak with the intentions of kayaking out to China mans hat and then hiking, however, we rented from the wrong place and were too far away. Instead we had an impromptu snorkeling adventure. They had different sandbars and holes marked in the bay so different snorkeling experiences. The place we decided to try first was definitely not the right spot for my very first time! The water was very shallow over the Coral and the dropped into a hole that, for my first time, was overwhelming. I breathed wrong and fogged up my mask and panicked more. While pulling my head out of the water to fix my mask I didn’t realize that the waves had washed me back to the coral and as I kept bumping into it I was worried about damaging it… and in the end, the coral won. I was torn up all over my legs and arm. I went back to the kayak and decided, nope! I hated snorkeling. I took in the views while travis swam with the fish, and even got to swim with a turtle! The turtles were the best part! We past quite a few during the outing and even had a BIG one surface by our kayak! Oh and the views! Amazing. And our team paddling skills have come a LONG way since our first try 14 years ago!
We got back in time to run over to the PCC and finish looking around. We met a performer named Kap, and bought some art from his stand and watched him climb a coconut tree at 53yrs old; impressive.
We ended the night with dinner in our room and watching movies.
We started with a beautiful walk to the sunrise point. Breakfast at the hotel. And then we set out on an 8 mile hike up to Laie Falls. At first we couldn’t believe we didn’t see another soul in this hike, however, it ended up a more technical hike and by the time we reached falls, I wasn’t surprised we had the spot all to ourselves; talk about another heavenly moment! We swam around in the falls and pool… mostly Travis; it was ICE COLD so I swam right back out. And we made friends with a giant crawdad that was starting at us from the water. And there was a spot on the bike where you’re so high up you can see over the mountain tops and just see ocean off in the distance. There were pines mingled in with palm trees and I just couldn’t get past the smell in the air.
After the hike we stopped at a local food truck area and grabbed lunch from a Hawaiian just using his actual grill to make lunch; it smelled amazing, and it was. I didn’t care fir iced coconut milk.
We walked over to BYU CAMPUS and had a professor offer to walk us to the campus store and along the way he told us about how the goal is to take line up your classes from 8-11am so you mornings and afternoons to surf. We just couldn’t stop picturing the life these kids were leading; perhaps a little jealous that kid college experience wasn’t so warm and relaxing!
We ended the night trying out Angels Ice and getting a shaved ice just the way my best friend, Mackenzie recommended it. We tried eating it on the beach, but it was too cold, so we walked back to the hotel in time to catch some live music in the lobby.
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