Sea Glass & Swimming

Last time we were in Hawaii, Shawn and Karen were living in Kailua on the Windward side of the island. We could just walk to the most beautiful beach on Oahu. The sun was out, we had no other plans, so we headed east to walk on soft white sand and swim in warm turquoise water.

But first we had to make a stop at Sand Island Beach and look for sea glass. Karen had gone the morning she picked us up at the airport and said we had to go!

She was right! There was a ton of sea glass but with a rather rough surf, it was a trick to get it without getting wet. Eventually I just gave up and put on my swimsuit: my brand new swimsuit I had to buy at Target because I forgot mine at home!!! Ugh! But I LOVE it… ;)

 

It didn’t take long for my skirt to get wet!

  Diamond Head in the distance

my new suit!

still finding more…

All that sea glass hunting makes a person hungry for malasadas from Leonard’s Bakery. Malasadas are a big Portuguese donut without a hole that they started making for Shrove Tuesday in 1952. But they were such a big hit that they have been making them all year long ever since! And as soon as we ate one, we knew why… They are served hot from the fryer and then covered with cinnamon sugar or Li Hing powder. Oh my gosh! They were delectable!!!

and they have a super groovy sign!

 

another addition to our long list of happy food memories…

When we got to Kailua, we ran into Walgreens to buy sunblock and water and noticed a Goodwill across the street. Since we’d never been to a Hawaiian Goodwill before, we gave it a try. We even picked up a couple of things…

Then it was on to Kailua Beach…

As soon as we walked out to the beach I remembered why we had to come back!!! And then we jumped right into the water…

It also didn’t take long for us to realize that we were getting totally fried out in the sun and the water. In hindsight, we probably should have cared more. But we were enjoying it way too much and it was totally worth the 3 days of pain!

reading my book about Alaska while lying on a beach in Hawaii

After all that sun, it was time to make the trek to Island Snow for the best Hawaiian shaved ice ever! (another food memory for the list…)

The water in the channel was really warm and FULL of fish!

Then we did more swimming until we were too hungry to do anything else! We stumbled upon a little hole in the wall place in town. The food was  SO GOOD! The wall said that Guy Ferrari had eaten there. I’d say that Guy Ferrari has very good taste!!!