We declared Friday to be a beach day. After packing up a cooler of sandwiches and snacks we drove to Hanalei to rent snorkel gear. We planned to spend most of the day at Tunnels is known to be one of the best areas to snorkel on the island and luckily it was only a short drive away. The beach is called Tunnels for the underwater tunnels created by the reefs near the beach. Some also say it’s named after the large waves that occur, mostly in the winter. This is the beach where surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her arm in shark attack. Luckily for us there were no sharks or major waves nearby. We snorkeled, laid out, ate, played Frisbee, and just completely enjoyed the day.
After Tunnels we spent some time at the house before some of us headed south to Kealia beach just north of the town of Kapa’a. The boys wanted to go boogie boarding before going to dinner. I watched itty bitty sand crabs in the freezing cold while Marty constructed and destroyed a sand village. (we were all pretty excited to find a sand castle kit in the houses garage)
We went into Kapa’a and discovered a little street market. We walked past the different booths and stores, bought some Hawaiian spices to take home and Mckay bought me the prettiest lei ever. It smelled like heaven. We had a late dinner at the Noodle House where me and Mckay decided to try Saimin again. Saimin is like ramen noodles but they add all these toppings to it. It wasn’t as good as we remembered it the first time but it was fun to try again.
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