Wow! Today was another awesome day! We went to a totally new beach for us. You have to get a permit to go there and every time we’ve gone, they were out of permits because the parking lot was full. So, we ate a quick breakfast, packed lunch and were the first ones there this morning.
You park the car and then hike down to the beach. Trees that tangle overhead covered the trail made it was so interesting. That’s the first picture; Don walking into the tree covered trail.
Then the trail opens out into this really perfect, though small beach. That’s the second picture. We were there alone for a while and then decided to follow the trail, which had gone another direction, too. That one went clear over to another beach, Spencer Park Beach. We had no idea they connected by a trail!
On the way to Spencer park there was another little beach; no sand, just coral and lava. That’s the third picture. Along the way there were many other great pictures, but I’ll show you some of those tomorrow.
Tomorrow we’re staying home and cleaning house to get ready for company. We’ll have company from Saturday night until the last week we’re here, so we’ll be busy tour guiding a bunch.
It was so neat to have the beach all to ourselves this morning, although we didn’t stay long. As we were leaving we saw two other couples hiking the trail. When we got to the parking lot to leave, there were only two cars besides ours. When we left, they had out the beach full sign! No wonder they were always full when we came before! They only take 3 cars!!! It was pretty much like having a private beach.
After the beach hikes we went to Hapuna Beach (the big white sand beach where we saw the whales breaching the other day) and walked it twice. After that we went to Spencer Park Beach and had our lunch. We saw whales everywhere we went today. I read something on the Internet the other night that said there are 3 – 10 THOUSAND of them out there! No wonder we see them all the time. We love it!
After lunch we drove over to Waimea and went by to interview with a lady who is interested in having us house sit for her for 6 weeks in the fall. Interesting! She has a beautiful place, too. After the interview we went grocery shopping. It was a long, full day, but wonderful!
More pictures tomorrow! Love you all!
Hi Jo & Don! We hope the whales are still putting on the shows for a couple more weeks. It is so nice of you to include us in your life. The pics are great, just remember, your rest comes first. See you soon, Linda.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're watching, still, Linda! We thought about you two so much yesterday as we found the new hike and beaches. We wondered if we should take you there. We'll talk about it all when you get here and decide where you want to go. Oh, yeah . . . I tend to forget the rest and then I start 'working hard' at de-stressing. It's so hard to teach an old dog new tricks. It's challenging, but possible. Thanks for your support! We can hardly wait to have you here! Love, Jo
ReplyDeleteHello Jo and Don, Well, I will try another time to send you an comment. Thank you so much for keeping in touch! I just love all the pictures and sit here and actually feel like I am right there with you looking at things for real!! You make it that way explaining things. You are great. Keep whale watching and all the other great things that come your way. I know your company does appreciate you inviting them to come share your Paradise on earth.Just keep up the fun times.
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Dot and Frazier
Thanks, Dot for enjoying the pictures. I think most people come to Hawaii and lay around on the beaches. That's great, but we like to walk them and hike around and explore the uncommon places. We're so blessed to have this opportunity where they owners encourage us to share. It's good to know such loving, generous people and it's wonderful to have friends and family who can take advantage of the opportunity and share. It makes it even better when someone from home will enjoy it by keeping up with the blog. I'm clumsy with the camera, but I catch lots of memories. Thanks for keeping up with us and even hanging with it until you get a post to stick! Love you, Jo
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