full moon festival

On Friday we went to see the best bluegrass band in Hawaii! At least, thats what the radio said.  They weren't bad, and it was really nice to sit outside and listen to music.  It would have been even better if we had been the slightest bit prepared.  We should have brought a blanket, chairs & maybe some snacks... But, we didn't do any of that.  We don't get out much.  It was still fun, and we left right on time as it started raining shortly thereafter.

Pill Box

Brenden and I hiked the Pill Box trail in Kailua last weekend.  This was our second time hiking it together. The trail is actually pretty long but I only ever seem to make it to the bunkers and then I'm over it. Last weekend especially because it was free meal day and I had been craving Mexico (excellent Mexican restaurant on School Street) for a whole week.  I could not wait for lunch time.

The hike was nice.  It was a beautiful day.  The wind was blowing and it was a great way to start the weekend. Although, Brenden almost fell down a cliff, twice, at the same spot. Then I fell getting back down to the street. We're quite the hikers.

pali lanes

After our camping debacle, we spent some time walking around Kailua and we stumbled across the 63rd annual city bowling tournament. We had to check it out. When we walked in, it was like we had gone back in time.  Everything was classic, it was amazing! But we were there a little early for the tournament so we left and came back later.

We will be bowling here.

let's talk about the weekend

We were supposed to go camping this weekend, but that did not happen. On Friday night, we drove out to Waimanalo Bay State Park.  The sun was setting when we arrived so we could not find out campground in the middle of the 100+ tents that were there. As it got darker we decided to just pick a spot and set up.  This would have been fine, except by this point it was pitch black and the wind was blowing so hard we could not get the tent to stay up. We packed up and left.

On Saturday morning, after discovering that we had been at the wrong park we drove to Waimanalo again. This time we found the correct park and our campsite....except someone was already in it. Not wanting to ask them to move and it being incredibly windy again, we decided that we wouldn't be camping this weekend.  Instead, we drove to Kailua and hung out on the beach.

Brenden drank coffee, watched two kayakers struggle and went running.
I drew in the sand, dug a hole, and read.

It ended up being a good day.