Paradise continues

Yesterday we  woke to a surprise on our condo beach. An endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal was sunning itself on teh  shoreline. I walked down to take a picture of this light tan huge guy.
We decided to drive to the north shore today.  We drove up the very tropical east side with goes up into the hills above the Pacific and then down to the shore continually and the views are gorgeous. We searched for a nice calm beach with gentle waves for swimming and skorkeling later in the day. We found that the Anniki Beach, about halfway up the coast seemed to fit the bill.
We drove to the resort area called Princeville and found that it is very overbuilt with hotels and condos but not the kind of area that we like to stay. We prefer the smaller,quieter and quainter areas so we continued down the road to the funky little town of Hanalei. This is much more of our style so we spent an hour or so walking through town and exploring. There was a short downpour but since the temperatures were in the 80's we didn't mind walking in the rain. Just like a shower. The only thing missing  was the soap!
We left there and decided to drive as far as the road would go. The views were gorgeous hugging  the hillside all the  way to the famous NaPali Coast and the end of the highway. We came to an area that we had read about called The Tunnels. It is an undercut area that forms huge caves in the mountainside.  We walked back  into the tunnels and took pictures which we will post when we get home.
We next drove back to Anniki Beach to swim in the calmer waters but only did so for a short time as the  current  was strong  and I am a wimp when it comes to current. Guess my balance isn't very good in the waves but John helped me to wade out and enjoy the refreshing water. He has been doing that all week and it makes it better for me in any waves.

museium in Hanalei

Monk seal on beach in front of our condo

John at Tunnel Beach, Naapali Coast

We drove back to the condo to watch the presidential debate. With the time  difference here in Hawaii, it began at 3pm so we wanted to get back on time. Our candidate did well so we were happy to see this debate.
After dinner on lanai we watched the waves and then TV. Another day in Paradise.

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