A Bipolar Beach Day

Saturday we were long over due for a beach day. We got everything ready to spend the whole day at the beach until sundown. As we started getting closer to Sunset beach we noticed lots of puddles all over the road. We were worried at first but it was sunny with  just some little white clouds so we thought we had missed the storm! Haha well little did we know about every 20 minutes it would start to rain for a good 5 minutes and then quickly look like nothing had happened. It was quite the routine of grabbing all our stuff, running to the car, and then setting back up again. After the third downpour we decided to go to Haleiwa for some lunch and play tourist a bit. When we got bored of Haleiwa we decided to give Sunset beach one more chance... and we were so happy we did! 

As we sat their  relaxing in the warm sun I looked up at just the right moment and saw a huge blue whale jump out of the water! For a good 10 minutes we watched the whales splash and swim around! It has been on my bucket list to see whales in Hawaii and it finally happened! We were not able to get any pictures because we did not bring our good camera :( Dont worry though I have it memorized in my mind and will happily tell you all about it!

To Do On Oahu: Kualoa Ranch

Visiting Kualoa Ranch has been on Rick and I's "Hawaii Bucket List" for a while. We had to go to town the other weekend and decided we would just stop by and have a mini adventure! There is SO much you can do and you can do it so many various ways (atv rides, bus rides, horse back rides, hikes, ext.). Our main interest of going was to see the film sights. The tour itself was 1 hour and was cheap with our local discount! An added bonus was our tour ended up being private since we were the only one's there  in the middle of the day!

The tour started out with some history of the ranch and some historical sites of war bunkers. Next were the film sights! Rick was excited to see where Jarassic park took place and hang out by the most famous dead tree that ever lived. We were also able to see Godzilla's footprints and a bunch of other movie and TV show film sights!

Next up was a war bunker that you might recognize as the "hatch" in lost! They stored a bunch of props and posters and as you can see I had a bunch of fun :)

Last but not least were the incredible views worth the trip all alone....