Chill day

Tuesday is a planned chill day seeing we need to finish up some food and drinks and see what life is like at the condo. Folks were back at the salt pool at the crack of sun (6:30) hooting and hollering in the waves but we did manage to get back to sleep for a bit. Once up we enjoyed our smoothie breakfast and coffee and watched the big waves.

Do you know how hard it is to catch a wave on a sunny day with a timer?

better try manual

While relaxing on the lanai eating tuna croissants, we watched the landscaping fellows next door climb the palms and trim them all and cut baby coconuts off.

All one needs is an iPad, a cold beer and this view

Seeing the waves were still high we ventured to the salt water pool and tide pool.

right after snapping this I was doused with a wave lol

Swimming and napping for S, I tried but they started trimming trees, vacuuming our entry way etc so that ended that plan lol so I toured the grounds for flower pics

not sure why footwear was needed but this is the extent of his swimming 

lots of hibiscus colors

this one is a mystery

bird of paradise (L) and ginger (R)

Needing to take the Jeep for a rip, we loaded up and headed down to see the big banyan tree. This led us to walking the “strip” before realizing it was time to watch the sunset.

open top view

look at the size of this tree!! see me way below?

the prince and his tree

Look at the heart shrub outside Mokuaikaua Church

I love the stone walls of the church and courtyard and look as those windows, they are so big they just turn to open. The church was built with not one nail!!

Time was running out so we aimed to try and get to a beach quick. North seemed best option and low and behold we arrived at  the Old Kona airstrip. Sunset was amazing as usual.

There is a pretty garden I quickly snapped a picture of jasmine before we headed back to the condo.

Even though it was after 6 when we got back, the skies were still pretty here.

Surfs Up

I was awake even earlier today, the waves were really loud but when I looked thru the dark at 6 I did not see anything really crazy. Not long after the lady upstairs went out on the deck above our room for a phone call. She talked so loud you would think she was right in our room!! This and a headache did not make for a good start to the day. I did manage to eventually fall back asleep after they left at 7 and was up at the usual 8.

Coffee was enjoyed on the beach once S was up, the waves indeed were allot higher then this past week so we watched them for quite awhile. I made us smoothies for breakfast while we continued to watch them.

Eventually we did load up and head out around 11 with our first stop at Kua bay. It was quite busy and the waves were very high. S did go out and bob around once he made it past the rolling swell. I was not feeling well so watched from the shaded area above the beach. This beach is in a state park so has showers and flush bathrooms and picnic tables. Spinner dolphins put on quite a show a ways out in the bay.

We enjoyed the area till around 1 and were off to another beach. The 2 neighboring ones required 4WD but after yesterday we decided to take the day off of bouncing around so we went back to Kikaua again in hopes of finding S's ring. The surf was low making it hard to snorkel but after another search he came up empty. I tried to help but bare feet and sea urchins everywhere had me only in for a bit. We visited the sea turtles before heading off.

A stop at costco to fill with fuel and restock our pineapple, shrimp and beer (yep 60 down so far), we also grabbed a new Hawaiian shirt and sarong. Outside I got us a berry sundae for the ride home, perfect treat on another hot day. Back at the condo at 3:30 we found the waves had increased ALLOT... what a show. The salt water pool had loads of folks in it and around as it was now refreshed every 5 minutes or so. S took a swim in it and caught a few of the big waves hitting the pool.

We snacked on the shrimp and waited for the amazing sunset with these huge waves.

our condo is behind us far right 

this sun and surf is so amazing

A fellow condo dweller offered to snap a few photos, thanks buddy

mine above and S below doing a sunset photo challenge ;)

Laundry was in order and I did one load while cooking up some crab cakes for a late supper. Man she was a hot one today at 31 and stayed hot forever. We spent time under the big fan on the fancy big browns trying to cool off while the huge waves continued to crash right close to us. The sunset lasted so long tonight too with a bit of misty rain. As I was putting away laundry after 8 I heard real rain, I let S know who remembered the roof was off on the Jeep. Out he went to close it and said it was just like a warm shower. The rain kept up till after 11.