Windward side of O'ahu

Blogger has not been playing nicely with me for a few days now, so it's taken a long time to post this. Merde!

Last Hawaii post - and about time! We got home over a week ago, after all. Nevermind that Conrad has to return there tomorrow either.

Anyway, one last drive to post on, some more photos to share. I've already covered part of this jaunt in a previous post about food, but tonight it's more beaches, water, mountains, and lush flora.

I'll make these descriptions brief - the fun food stories are in an earlier post, and for the most part, it was driving along, oohing and aahing for several hours on this day.

Kaneohe Bay.

Not the first place we saw poultry (mmmm, poultry) running wild. The sign in the photo below that tells you where.


The peaks overlooking Kualoa from a short distance away.

The islet commonly known as Chinaman's Hat (don't holler at me for that) off of Kualoa.


Kualoa, a popular beach with the locals, for swimming, fishing, and camping.


The rest of these are taken at a point identified on the plaque in the photos. The sea arch was a handsome sight (though seeing the cairns people had erected on it was not to my liking, I confess). Powerful waves against a rugged patch of rocky shore, and a good number of fishermen there. I stood for some while just meditating on the wash of water over the rocky shelves, and Conrad found it similarly soothing when he caught up to me.







That pretty much recaps the recent Hawaii trip. Conrad is back there right now, and I do miss him. Alas, it's back to transcribing notes from card sort sessions for me....