First Stop: Pearl Harbor.
Earlier this week marked the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. That day is a testament to the dependability of American laziness. Need to get out of town traffic free? Want to get your Wal-Mart/ Home Depot shopping out of the way? Need to jack some new rims for your Civic? Do it on a Sunday-where the majority are enjoying sleeping in, nursing a hangover, basically luxuriating in laziness. Shit, I personally make it a point to not get on a train nor drive a car or cross the street.
Anyways, after that whole H.Bomb thing our differences were squashed and Americans gladly enjoy SONY products and Japanese happily wear trucker hats on their vintage Harley Davidsons. Full circle.
It was cool to walk the grounds, read up on the boats that were previously stationed here and get the full history lesson from my Navy Pops. Thanks Dad.
Second Stop: DOLE Plantation.
After getting schooled, we headed North to really get our tourist on. On to the DOLE pineapple plantation we went. The space is pretty small considering and after taking the hint from the Flip necklace vendor we skipped the bullshit train tour of the plantation and goofed off around the grounds.
Found out that one of the main pineapples imported are from the Phillipines, goldfish can really grow to the size of your foot if you give them enough space, and Pineapple Express is not only a movie about weed, but a major tourist attraction. Our boredom was starting to develop until we found the cafeteria. The menu didn't just have hot dogs- it had all the local Hawaiian fare that we all gre to become very fond of. I ordered the Hawaiian staple: the Loco Moco. Supposedly originally designed for the surfing population the meal consists of rice, a hamburger patty, mushroom-onion gravy, & a fried egg on top. Delicious.
The Mahi & pineapple salsa salad was apparently delicious, but I was too into my kit to taste it. And what better to wash down that crazy meal than some pineapple soft serve ice cream. Amazing to say the least. We wandered around the shop for a bit trying to digest before our drive to the infamous North Shore.
Stop Three: North Shore/ Sunset Beach.
I was hyped to finally able to see the infamous North Shore. There were a few contests going on but it made for some great surf watching. We settled on Sunset Beach to cop a spot. The waves were 15-20 feet, not like the record 40-50 foot waves they are experiencing right now. So craze.
The waves were still pretty impressive. Just swimming was pretty rugged. Pops and I were shook after our first swim because the pull was pretty strong. So the swim was similar to Tablerock in Laguna. Jump in. Jump out. But it was pretty rad to say the least. Super chill beach, great surf to watch, def one of the highlights of the trip. We stayed for a bit and made it home just a bit past sunset. Today was a good day. Two in but we felt like we had been there a week. On to Maui.
