North Shore Haleiwa

Visited Haleiwa before M leaves for her new position in Maui.  

We found Kaiaka Bay beach park for the first time after having lived here most of our lives.   Wish we had known about it sooner.

It was Penny's first experience on sand and she loved it, prancing and digging around, but the water scared her.  

                      Stopped in at Breakers for breakfast.  

Not our usual type of place but interesting with surfboards on the ceiling and walls.  It was a noisy football sunday filled with customers ranging from surfers and bikers to tourists.  

Our waitress was nice and the waffle, though not crispy, was tasty.  We had the "local" breakfast, and the omelette.  And R had the Country breakfast, with biscuits and gravy with eggs and bacon and of course rice.  The waitress even brought shoyu without our asking.

    Penny, as usual, slept through it all, with an occasional side eye for assurance.   Good Penny.

Then we stopped at our usual tourist trap, the Dole Pineapple.   The last time we visited was about 8 years ago and it has grown!   Gone are the days when we used to enjoy salted pineapples in the dark no-nonsense buildings made of wood and cement floors.   Now it's an air conditioned, bright souvenir emporium, but fun for the tourists.
     Back then, my father would pick the Eucalyptus branches that had fallen off the trees in the parking lot, and put them in the trunk to scent the car. 
                                                                                                                                                                              Must try the maze someday, though.  Penny enjoyed a sunlit jaunt through the trees and the admiring tourists.

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      Congratulations to Stephanie and Henry as they start         their married life.  Coral Ballroom, Hilton