I have learned some interesting things so far in Hawaii – Billboards are illegal in Hawaii, geckos chirp very loud at night, and Hawaiian cardinals have bright red heads with gray bodies AND jet lag is an odd thing - I am wide awake at 3-4 a.m. but by 3 p.m. tired and drained. But we are making the best of it and working around the tiredness until we adapt. I had a wonderful breakfast around 6 a.m. of a green smoothie made with pineapple and coconut – YUMMO! I also devoured ½ of a fresh pineapple. Greg had a smoothie with me but also added a bowl of cereal to his menu. We showered and dressed for the day and went through the walkway at the back of the cottage to the beach around 7:30 a.m. to see what it was like. The view is amazing! It is a private beach so it was very quiet as far as people go – there were only about 4-5 people and they were all sunbathing. We took some pictures and video of the surf and surrounding scenery – it was breathtaking! I also was able to find some very pretty small shells – I think because it is a private beach the shells are not picked up as frequently leaving a nice variety. We walked back to the cottage and decided to head out on a drive around the perimeter of the Island to reacquaint ourselves with Oahu. We put on our sunscreen, grabbed our water bottles, put the top down on the Mustang and headed out and were just awed by the beauty! Oddly enough our first stop was at a huge garage sale to benefit a local school. (My Dad will be proud of me for that!) We didn’t get anything but it was fun to chat with the locals and we were impressed with how friendly they are! Several other stops were made along the drive to get pictures. It is Memorial Day weekend here in Hawaii too and we were interested to see that they like to camp too! All along the drive around the Island most of the beach parks were packed with tents set up and pavilions packed with people enjoying their cookouts, and volleyball games. The drive brought us through the Pali tunnel – a long tunnel through the mountain to the leeward side of the Island. The mountains have always fascinated me because to me it looks like when God formed them He decided to run his fingers down the side and create deep ridges. (Pics to come). We decided even though it was a little late in the day that we would check out the swap meet that is held at Aloha Stadium every Saturday. We used to do that a lot when we lived here. It was a great place for poor newlyweds to get great bargains on household things. It had changed a lot. It was no longer a garage sale style swap meet but has now become more of a touristy trinket kind of sale. We did enjoy the walk and stopped to have lunch at one of the booths. Greg had kalua pork, and I had freshly grilled garlic butter shrimp over rice that was delicious! We left the Swap meet around 3 p.m. and drove back to the cottage as we were both beginning to feel the effects of the jet lag. We also learned that the best time to avoid the North shore drive is late afternoon! The traffic is pretty much at a standstill as surfers and beach goers pack the road. I imagine because it is a beautiful place to watch the sunset has something to do with the crowds as well. We stopped at the Food Lion down the street and picked up a case of water and a Red Box movie – Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and headed back to the cottage for the evening. That jet lag caught up with me almost as soon as I sat down! I was out and slept until 8 p.m.! Greg fought the sleep and spent time on the computer planning out some of the things we are going to do while we are here. We then decided to watch the movie, but Greg succumbed to jet lag and was out about 5 minutes into the movie – I finished watching it and then went to bed. Sleep came quickly – but we were woken up at 3:30 a.m. by a phone call from someone who I think forgot about the time difference (thanks Nicole! :) ) As I am finishing this it is now 6:30 a.m. – guess I will head down to the beach before I get ready for church. We are planning on going to the church we attended when we lived here – Lanakila Baptist Church in Waipahu. Then we are thinking about a steak dinner in Waikiki! More tomorrow.
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