1 long day full of wonder

Wowsers, yesterday was a really long day! Luckily the girls started after the boys. As I had said in my previous post that the boys were going to play golf and the girls just chill and do whatever we wanted. Well that is just what we did.
The boys headed on the other side of the island to play golf. They had a great time. The view was beautiful and their game, well lets just say it's a good thing it was only 9 holes! lol. But honestly for 4 boys that don't play golf much they sure did enjoy themselves.

As for the girls, we did a little laundry and sat around the house for a few hours before heading out. (let me remind you we have been waking up around 6 am....wide awake waking up....really sickening since we are on vacation.) Once we decided to go we went non-stop. Mom was driving and she had all 3 of her girls telling her where to go. hehe We drove up different roads just to see the island from a different angle. We found a nice trail with the view of local surfers catching some waves. We go down to the beach simply because it was a steep trip and Mom's knee wouldn't make it down (let alone back up), and because there were some big dogs barking at us, so we stayed put watching from the hill.

We meet up with the boys and had some lunch, Rance and Eliz picked to eat some local pizza, and the rest of us ate at a local TomKat joint. Dad had pig and the rest of us had fish! YUMMY FRESH FISH! We did some shopping around the town and headed back on the road again. This time we were off to see this Spouting Horn and Waimea Canyon. Both really cool places!

The Spouting Horn was loud. The waves crashing on the rocks with this hole in the rocks that when the waves are strong enough, the water shoots up through the hole and makes this really cool "fountain" for just a few moments.
After a winding road up a huge mountain we came across the amazing view of the Waimea Canyon. My Dad loved this part of the trip. My Mom hated this part of the trip (she was a little road sick and she was worried we would all fall of the cliff...a worry wart!) She stayed in the jeep.

And I loved the view and I also got a little road sick! It was a site to see. When God made Hawaii he really put in some work! You've got the mountains, the canyons, the beach, the rivers, the waterfalls, the woods, and the fruit all in one 552 square mile island! So amazing!

The farm land is amazing here. Plantations of sugar cane and coffee beans and Taro roots (used to make Poi) fill the meadows. Everything you need on one little island.
For Todd and my anniversary we got all dressed up and went to have some sushi at Sushi Blues at a nearby town by the North Shore. It was delicious. The funny part was when we arrived the place was packed and the hostess said, "yum, it's gonna be a while the wait will probably be about 10-15 minutes." We were like "that's fine." To think that a wait for 10 minutes was long or something. We sat at the bar and just enjoyed the breeze and Mai Tais. We were able to get a table by the window (which all the windows are open to the outdoors, air conditioning doesn't exist in paradise!) Here is a picture of our view from our table!
We enjoyed Blacken Seared Ahi which was made to perfection and Ono (which is Hawaiian for Delicious), Grasshopper Roll, Aloha Roll, and Vegas Roll.


The place was packed and the sushi chefs were working their little fingers off. It did take a while to get all our sushi to our table, but we didn't mind. In fact the waitress kept apologizing for the wait and at the end she gave us a 10% discount because of the wait. We thought that was very nice of them, so we tipped a little more!
Overall we enjoyed our anniversary day!