After a morning at the pool, we took off in the car for a day of exporation. From Ko Olina, we headed up the western coast called Wai'annae. I had heard that the area was a "rough area," but also read it was an exaggeration. Unfortunately, it was pretty run down. There were a lot of vagrant tents on the beach - whole communities apparently. It wasn't until we reached just short of Ka'ena point that we found an interesting beach to explore. Much to our surprise, you can't get from the Wai'annae coast to any other part of the island. Consequently, we traveled our same route back. Instead of finding some great local fare - we ate at drivethru McDonalds. Oh well.
From there we headed up the middle of the island on the Kamehameha Highway. We stopped at the Dole Pinneaple Plantation, and took a crack at their human-sized maze. Although we spent close to 45 minutes in there, we only found two of the nine items, but finished off the visit with pinneaple frozen yogurt and fresh pinneaple slices.
Our destination was the North Coast. We watched surfers and bodysurfers on the famous Banzai Pipeline. The waves weren't at their peak, but still pretty big for little kids. The undertoe was strong, so they only went as deep as their shins.
From Banzai, we headed towards the other side of Ka'ena Point and did a short hike up the point. It's a four mile hike, but we only went a few hundred yards.
Our day ended with dinner in the historic town of Haleiwa. Finally, a nice local restaurant.
A long day ended with two parent doing their best to keep their kids eyes open for the 30 minute ride home.
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