4 more beaches checked

The weed eater started up at 8 (Wednesday again, lawn care day) so coffee was early. I made smoothies and S his usual crossaint and last of the avocado. We decided to spend the day hitting the beaches with the condo provided cooler, towels and beach chairs.

We were off again a bit after our usual 10 am with a quick stop at Costco to return a huge bag of chips and pineapple we will not be able to eat today. Then were off to search for beaches 30 miles north. First was called Spencer beach, it is nice, quiet water and shallow with shade and grass, great for kids. We did not stay long but S did have a swim quick.

Next was Mauna Kea beach, near the golf course/hotel and wow it was a beauty. Nice sand, lots of room, some shade  and all round great rating. We walked the whole beach starting our day of beach walking.

The 3rd one was Hapuna beach, this one charges $5 or park at top of the hill and walk down The beach is very long and nicely sanded but has very little shade. The hotel at the north end had lots of construction going on so it was loud. We walked this whole beach too and S swam before we were off to the last one of the day.

Last beach was Waialea, just down the road south of Hapuna. If you are looking for a really nice beach with loads of trees for shade, this is it. Again we walked to the far end and back and my calves were feeling the amount of walking in the sand we did today.

Looking for one more south, we toured thru Puako but the beaches there were really lava like so it was time to head to the condo for our last night. A frosty margarita on our lanai then a trip to see the saltwater and tide pool. WHAT, the tide pool was drained seeing the surf was back to “normal”, darn the luck so to back to our little beach.

look the tide pool is empty

Vikings season premiere is on tonight so there were lots of catch up episodes. The Bjorn special was on at 6 so we had a quick swim before it started. I put on supper (the last of the fish, crab cakes and tater tots) and we ate while watching. I also threw in a load of laundry and started to pack up as we check out in the morning. Time flies for sure.