We seem to be waking up REALLY early here, probably something to do with all of the chickens, jet-leg and Melody more or less sleeping through the night. There are chickens, chicks and roosters everywhere. Hurricane Ikki released them to the wild and they spread quickly. They cockadoodle incessantly starting at 4am sharp*. This morning I was out for a run by 6:30am, why can’t I do that at home??
We packed up the jeep and headed out. Today we decided we would drive the other side of the island. Much different scenery…red sand, just like PEI, fewer palm trees, and the mountains seemed less green, in fact, everything was less green. Eventually we came across a sign for Polihale State Park, and after a recommendation from our friend Brooke, couldn’t pass up the chance to check it out. The road to Polihale is BRUTAL, but it was no match for our trusty Jeep. We felt bad for all the little rental cars making their way out, but on arrival realized why people were going through all the trouble. This place is AMAZING and we will be going back. Today was a quick visit, because although we thought we were ready for the beach, we had a few things to learn:
1. Check your equipment before leaving home: we packed a beach umbrella only to find out that it was only the top part of the umbrella, no stick!! All of these happy families tucked under their umbrellas and we would have had to be lying down to enjoy ours!
2. Apply sunscreen well in advance! I had slathered the baby in the morning before leaving, but it was so hot, and the umbrella was so useless, that I felt I needed to slather again…so I slathered up the baby and then sat her on a beach towel, at which point she proceeded to grab handfuls of sand and pour them all over herself, can you imagine the result??
3. Eating at the beach is overrated, especially with a 13 month old. From now on we will eat before and after beach trips, but never during.
4. Leave the denim at home….I was wearing cute little denim capris that I thought were appropriate because I wasn’t going swimming. But I had to wash my little sand monster off before loading her in the car. So I waded out a short ways and dangled Melody into the water, hoping to wash of the sand she was caked in. What was I thinking? This is the OCEAN. No sooner had I waded out, then a wave came crashing into us and my jeans were soaked. Melody loved it!
At least we learned a few things, tomorrow’s beach trip we will put them to use! None of those things really mattered anyways; the view was worth the wet and sandy trip home
After Polihale, we stopped into a thrift store to pick up Hawaiian shirts and a baby bath tub (the shower doesn’t work so well with Melody!), and started to make our way back to Kapaa. On the outskirts of town a sign caught our eye, FREE HULA SHOW, so we stopped in and had a yummy BBQ dinner while watching traditional Hula dancers in the shade of palm trees.
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