North Shore and Luau

Tuesday
Small craft advisory... wind warnings. It was a little breezy. Amira, Jami and I were going to kayak out to the moks (mountain islands), but I decided I'm not that fond of the choppy, unforgiving open sea. They went out there... but I took the warnings to heart and so I decided to take Mom and Gary to North Shore to view the waves... they were apparently supposed to be four times overhead (swells up to 20 feet). So we drove up to the north shore and found the farming in Hawai'i, and sure enough the waves were huge. The photographs don't do them any justice however... because they were so violent and crashing so quickly, it was really unlike anything I have ever seen! Pictures are posted :)
We were able to visit Waimea Bay (not the same as Waimea on Big Island)... and pipeline!!!

Thursday
Dr. McCarthy closed the clinic this morning and took us SURFING!!! It rocked! I am sore on every single bony prominence on the anterior portion of my body... (knees, pelvic bones, pubic bone, and ribs). My delts and triceps are also sore from paddling out. I was able to stand up and catch a few waves! Amira had a waterproof camera, so once she sends those pictures to me I'll post them. Should be sort of entertaining!
After two or so hours of surfing we headed in and I headed up to Ko Olina and then we headed back to Kailua. Gary enjoyed Kailua Beach park, and mom and I got to enjoy a nice relaxing massage from the American Institute of Massage Therapy. It was very relaxing. After the massage, we all headed back to Ko Olina and attended a luau! We had Hawai'ian food, enjoyed a pretty long performance of historic chants and explanations of the royal apparel, as well as a flame thrower performance. There were some very cute little keiki's (children) in little Hula skirts up there dancing... and I even met a lady from Boone, NC! Talk about small world!

Tomorrow we plan to go to Kualoa Ranch for some exploring... I'll write about that later! :)