Second Half of Day 1

We started at Pearl Harbor and the Arizona memorial in the post below. The rest of the day we traveled in a clockwise loop around the center third of the island. Driving north, we stopped at the Dole Plantation. Here we saw various pineapple plants, a history of the plantations, a Koi pond, and a huge capitalistic enlargement of the gift store. This last was disappointing, what was a simple gift store with free samples of Pineapple juice 11 years earlier, is now 4 times the size and includes outside vendors selling everything from pearls to roasted nuts.

From there we drove on the North Shore hoping to show Sharon the huge waves that surfers jones for. Alas it was not the right time, we stopped at several beaches

We did observe some crazy people diving and jumping off of a giant rock. The lifeguards posted a note about the rock, but no one seamed to notice. "WARNING Jump Diving can cause serious bodily injury or death for your safety please stay off the rock"


We stopped again and I walked on the shore watching the reflection of the sunset in the clouds to the east. Later that evening we stopped for dinner at a local cafe. We ordered some local dishes including Kalua pork; a pig is roasted whole in a fire pit all day and then pulled.