I hate being a day behind because I feel like I’ll forget what happened. So no photos today, although I think we have a bunch of photos.

This was our only full day in Hale’iwa with Ruthie so we wanted to make sure we made the best of it! We started out by going kayaking up the Hale’iwa river, which Miranda and I had done a week ago. It’s a nice little paddle and the weather was cool, but not cold. It was very refreshing to jump into the fresh water river!

We had lunch at the Beachhouse again. I had the poke bowl because I was disappointed that I hadn’t had poke yet, and I’ve been in Hawaii for 3 weeks. Their poke was excellent! It was served with “sea asparagus” (never heard of it) and red onion (I picked it out) and a spicy mayo and a bowl of very well done rice. (rice is so easy to do poorly, I notice good rice). I ordered the Maui Brewing Pineapple Mana Wheat ale, which was disappointing because I’m trying to drink a different beer when we go out and I remembered after it arrived that I’d had this the last time. Also, disappointed because this beer needs a pineapple wedge badly and they don’t serve it with one.

That afternoon Ruthie and I drove out to Sharks Cove to go snorkeling! I really wanted to show her this place because I love it and it’s super accessible. Unfortunately, by this time the weather had gotten quite cold. If you weren’t in the water, the wind was howling and was pretty cold. If you were in the water, you were just slowly getting cold. Ruthie also had some technical issues with her mask and hair and snorkel which made her experience less awesome. She endured like a champ though, until we both decided we’d had enough of being cold.

Back in the car, we turned the AC off and turned the heat on in the car. Madness.

As we drove home we hit the North Shore traffic — traffic slows to a crawl as people pass the Banzai Pipeline, one of the most famous surfing sites, and it backs up for about 20-30 minutes behind it. Miranda was at home with Ava and we were trying to arrange getting dinner, but hitting up against Ava’s bedtime and Ruthie and I were just looking forward to getting home and taking a warm shower!

We warmed the car up enough that by the time we got home, it was ok to drive to a food truck area and get some food.

Photos later! I’m going to write about the 21st before I get to the photos!