2016 - Oahu Hawaii - Day 3

Day 3 was a nice day.  We both got sunburns yesterday.  So you mix that with a messed up internal clock and warmer weather...sleeping has been tough.  So we were both up early again.  I once again logged into work and knocked a few emails out.  But I chose to not get on to meetings.  However, I was thinking that I would not blog but in the end chose to do it...right then.  That took longer than planned.  So we got a late start.  Our plan was to go to Laie and visit the LDS temple there.  We wanted to do the 10 AM session but arrived there at 9:55 AM....too late.  So we walked around the temple grounds, visited the visitor center and took pictures.  We then attended the 11 AM session.

Funny story...as we pulled out of Kaneohe towards Laie, Denise mentioned she forgot a wire to power our devices...should they need it.  I got all over her for that.  (She loves that about me...my patience with such omissions.). Anyway, while sitting in the temple, it occurred to me that I ran out of the place so fast hoping to get to Laie and into the 10 am session that I forgot my GoPro...which I wanted for my snorkeling adventures later on.  Now I knew that Denise would rip into me about this after I had done that to her.  So being the smart man that I am...I decided to tell her in the temple...what could she do there?  She would not interrupt the serene, peaceful spirit that we felt there...right?  So as we completed our session and coming down the stairs to change back into our street clothes...I whispered to her...'I forgot my GoPro!'.  She looked at me, wanting to kill me, then we both burst into a quiet giggle.  There was nothing she could do.  I know she wanted to slug me.  But a temple going person wouldn't do that...right?  It was so funny!

After the temple session, we changed into our beach attire and headed further north.  Along the way, we hit an area that had food trucks.  Most of them sold shrimp, as shrimp farms are all near by.  But, we chose a BBQ guy.  He was personable.  But his food ended up being a bit lacking...compared to the lunch we got our first day here.  So we were a little bummed.  

We returned to our car and drove to the Turtle Bay resort.  There is a cove there where the reef system is good and fish are plentiful.  It was nice.  A bit crowded though.  We found shade for Denise and I headed to the water.  The snorkeling was pretty good.  There were lots of fish to see and the coral colors were better than Hanauma Bay.  We stayed for a couple of hours there.  Very relaxing.

The drive back to Kaneohe took about an hour.  Most of the time the max speed is 35 mph.  You do get a few rare spots where 45 mph is the limit.  But the numerous 25 mph cancels that out.  It is a beautiful drive with gorgeous green mountains on one side and blue, blue ocean on the other.  Upon arriving, we showered and drove into Kailua Town to a Pub there.  The fish and chips were recommended and we were not disappointed.  I got a French Dip which was also awesome.  We split things up...yummy meal.

After dinner, we returned to our room to relax, enjoy the cool breeze,s and get ready for a travel day tomorrow.  I checked the loads on the planes and oh my goodness...every United employee from SFO and LAX are trying to get home.  Ques of people to those places are in the 70's with maybe 20 seats available or less.  Not good...it is not like Europe where you can jump on train and get to another airport.  We'll see how it goes.  Pray for this poor couple!  😄

Some pictures.....

Hawaii Laie Temple is beautiful....

Us in the visitors center....

Denise's island cook...whose food was not that good.

The meat...mostly bones.  Bummer....

Don't look at the cleavage.  This shot is here to show the sunburn...ouch!

Beautiful mountains....

...even  when it clouds up.

Pub food.  We also watched the Warriors lose at home for the first time since last year.  The place was going crazy over that.  My root beer did not have the same impact as their beers!  😄