On the Thursday of our vacation we drove up to the North Shore again. On the way up, we stopped at a little roadside stand. It was run by a little old native lady. She was so cute. She sold fresh fruit and some little trinkets, etc. We bought some fresh coconut juice from her that we drank straight from the coconut with straws - so fun! We also bought some lychee fruits.
Our next stop was Tropical Farms Macadamia Nut Farm. We got to sample lots of different flavors of macadamia nuts. It was fun to try them all. Our favorite flavor was the Maui onion and garlic. The Kona coffee one was good too. We didn't end up going on their farm tour because it was pretty expensive.
As we continued our trip up the coast, we stopped at Kuiloa Beach and walked around a bit. From this beach you could view a little island off the coast that they call Chinaman's Hat.
Next we went to BYU Hawaii. We had planned to eat lunch there in their cafeteria because it was somewhere that Josh remembered eating when he lived there and he liked it. However, it ended up being different then he remembered so we decided not to eat there. It was kind of neat to walk around the campus though.
We ended up eating lunch in Kahuku at Tita's Grill. It had really good reviews on their garlic shrimp, so I tried that. It was SO good. Probably the best meal I had in Hawaii. Josh had a loco moco - something he loved having when he was a kid. A loco moco is a pile of rice topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and gravy. Definitely not my favorite Hawaiian food. :) Josh said it was pretty good though. We also tried some coco rice which is pretty much hot chocolate with white rice in it that you eat with a spoon.
After lunch we drove up and stopped at Sunset Beach. Josh was tired, so he laid down on the beach to take a little nap and I walked along the beach and looked for shells. It's interesting to see the different beaches on the island because they are all a little different. The sand here was very coarse and less white.
Next we went to Waimea Falls intending to hike to see the waterfalls, but they were closing just as we got there. We got a couple of pictures while we were there though.
These cardinals were my favorite birds on the island. They were so pretty. We saw them all over the place.
There were peacocks walking all over the park. This one was funny. He found a roost on the railing. :)
This was a weird looking duck we saw by the stream:
After that we drove to Haleiwa, which is a cute little surf town on the North Shore. They are kind of famous for their shave ice there, so we decided to stop at Aoki's to get some. It was shave ice on top of macadamia nut ice cream. We chose tropical flavors for the ice. It was pretty good, but honestly, not much different than a shave ice you would get at home other than the ice cream on the bottom. A few days before in Waikiki we actually bought some shave ice that was REALLY good. It was powdery ice and the flavors (also tropical) were much more natural tasting and they put condensed milk which sounds weird, but was really good. Didn't get a picture of those though!
After our treat we decided to grab our dinner from a local shrimp truck called Macy's. Josh ordered their hot and spicy shrimp and I got the lemon pepper (yes, we had a lot of shrimp on this vacation :) ). We took the dinner and headed back to the beach to watch the sunset.
It was so much fun watching the sun set over the ocean. It has always been one of those "life list" things that I wanted to do. There were clouds on the horizon, so we didn't get to really see the sun "touch" the water, but it was still really pretty.
And then we had our dinner! :)
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