Hawaii recap, Part 2

Sunday and Monday.....(sorry for the delay- I've been battling jet lag + a wicked headache+ trying to plan 3 classes+first two days of boot camp making it very difficult to sit down, stand up, and walk up or down any stairs:)

Sunday morning we woke up still stuffed from our awesome dinner, so we had a light breakfast and then hit the beach. We rented snorkeling equipment and explored the bay around our hotel. There weren’t tons of fish, but it was still cooler than any snorkeling I’d done in Florida! At lunchtime, we headed to a shrimp truck just off the main road near our hotel- the famous “Giovanni’s” shrimp truck. There was a long line and you sit and wait at picnic tables under a small tent. What I loved about this place, besides the yummy shrimp, was that it was a cool mix of locals and tourists. One of my favorite things about Hawaii was the adorable local kids☺ What a surprise right?

After lunch, we headed to the town of Haleiwa again. We did a little browsing at the cute shops around the town and waited in line at the famous Matsumoto’s shaved ice shop. It was worth the 30 minute wait. We both got the rainbow option, but opted not to get ice cream on the bottom or the local favorite, red azuki beans….something about the combination of textures bothers me about those combos. We headed back to the hotel, where we had a light dinner at the sports bar there.

Monday…..was our anniversary! Yay! We decided to make a day trip to the South Shore, which is supposed to have the best snorkeling. We got to the Hanauma Bay and it was closed due to jellyfish☹ We still found this amazing cliff-maybe called The Blowhole? I hate this picture of me, but my wish to share the beautiful view will override my vanity.

Since we were in the area, we drove around a bit and had lunch in the area at a burger place. Then, we headed to Peal Harbor, on the way back to the North Shore. The memorial and museum was interesting, but pretty brief.

We got back to the resort and got ready for a very special dinner at Ola’s on the beach. Here’s a photo of us- again, I was having a bad hair and overall face day but I will share the photo with you anyway. We both had great fish again and couldn’t get over how well we were eating here. It was a wonderful way to end our anniversary day and celebrate our awesome first year…but, lucky for us, our celebration wasn’t over! We got to continue it for the rest of the week….