Hiking, Exploring, Pineapples, and Unpacking

We are pretty busy around here settling into our new house and trying to turn it into a home before our little bundle of joy arrives next month. However, we still make sure to take plenty of time out for enjoying Hawaii on the weekends. Here were our adventures from a couple of Saturdays ago:

 One of Kelson's goals while we live here is to hike every trail on the island, and there are quite a few. We got started with this trail in Mokuleia. It was a little bit disappointing because you had to hike about 2 miles up a paved access road before you even got to the trail, and I was tired by then. It was still a good view, though. Living on an island is fun because you have ocean views from every side!

 After the hike, we drove around the north end of Ka'ena Point. I accidentally got too close to the waves and got my hiking shoes soaked, and Kelson found an eel in a tide pool. Sadly, it was slightly less than alive. It was still interesting to look at though.

 Next, we drove toward Hale'iwa, which has a fun, historic, downtown, and stopped at this cool soap factory along the way. They had all kinds of fun scents. My favorites were chocolate and spearmint.

 We went swimming at Waimea Bay, which was fabulous, and then we stopped at the Dole Factory on the way home. Yay for Dole Whips! It tasted amazing after a hot day.

 We are keeping a tally of all the rainbows we see here in Hawaii. This was a nice one right over the pineapple plantation.

 There were all kinds of pineapples of all different shapes and sizes. Baby pineapples are cute!

 Kelson makes a cute pineapple, don't you think?

 When we got home, there was a house full of boxes waiting for us, and my slave driver of a husband helped me get everything unpacked in just a few days. The captain from his last ship gave him a machete as a going away present. I walked into the kitchen and found him opening boxes with it. Isn't that what machetes are for? Definitely better than a box cutter, I would say.