The wild roosters prevented us from sleeping in, but we didn’t mind as we wanted to hit the Kalalau trail early. After coffee and breakfast, we drove down to find a parking spot and started the hike. We day hiked directly to Hanakapiai waterfall, watching people swim while we ate our lunch. Hiking back out, we stopped at the Hanakapiai beach, wading across the small inlet to the large sandbar. The waves were going off, giving an amazing show. We sat and watched with amazement the power of the waves and the stupidity of people playing in the water but not paying attention to the waves. Some people were standing on top of rock ledges against the cliffs were the waves could easily reach up and nab them. A set of parents were letting their young son play in the surf, the poor kid was even being swept off his feet, before a person approached them about how dangerous this particular beach is. This beach is known as one of the most dangerous on the island, one sign passed while hiking to it reported approximately 80 people had died there. I’m not sure how truthful that sign was but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an accurate count.
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| Kalalau trail |
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| Kalalau Trail |
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| Rocks stacked on the beach |
After watching the waves and crabs for a while, we hiked back to the parking lot. We grabbed our snorkel gear out of the car and headed to Ke’e beach to cool off and snorkel, but the surf was too high to snorkel and the small beach was very crowded. We bailed to go back to Tunnels beach but the surf was high there as well. We decided to check out Anini beach, even though that is our campsite tomorrow, as the beach is suppose to be protected. We drove east, missing our turn & ending up in Kilauea. There we spent 30 minutes looking for a supposedly awesome ice cream shop that, unbeknown to us, had closed recently. So instead we hit up Bob’s Banana shack for a smoothie and some fresh fruit. At last we reach Anini beach and started snorkeling around 4:30 PM. We were disappointed by the snorkeling here. We didn’t see much of anything. The only thing we did see was a small flounder about the size of my palm and very nicely camouflaged with the sand. We spent some time watching it but didn’t see anything else so we got out.
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| Banana Joe's fruit stand |
Driving back to camp, we stopped at the Chevron gas station in Princeville for some dinner grub. Mat ordered the teriyaki burger while I ordered the Ono Fish n chips. Food in hand, we drove fast to get to a sunset viewing spot to eat. We made it to Lumahai beach where we watched the clouds above the hills turn different colors. By this point, Mat’s teriyaki burger was quite soggy but my fish n chips were delicious! We got back into camp after dark and, while organizing our possessions, I realized my favorite board shorts were missing. I figured I must have dropped them in the bathroom at Anini beach where I changed out of them. So back in the car I went, my poor husband stating he’ll keep me company. We searched in and all around the bathroom I changed at but no sign of my board shorts. Bummed, we drove all the way back to Haena beach were I proceeded to find them on the ground underneath the picnic table... whoops!
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| Sunset at Lumahai Beach |
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