The Beaches Beyond Honolulu

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​The Beaches Beyond Honolulu

        March 31, Easter Sunday, began for Tom and I in the wee hours when we got up very early to attend 6 am mass at St. Augustine By The Sea church, about a mile walk from the Hale Koa. It was quite nice, though, to walk through the dark, quiet streets of Waikiki at this hour,

​...to the church, decked out with Easter lilies,

​...and the traditional feather standards of Hawaiian chiefs known as kāhili.

​    By the time mass was finished the sun was coming up,

​​...and Waikiki was already awake.

​     After breakfast we drove 27 miles west along the sea coast to the beautiful calm lagoon of Ko'olina set between the sea,

​...and the mountains off in the distance.

          I took a dip in the lagoon then went for a walk along the shoreline,

​...where I came upon another mountain panorama,

​...and, about  a quarter of a mile later, not surprisingly, a Marriott Hotel.

        The next day, Monday, April 1, we drove to the North Shore area of Oahu to Shark's Cove, ​

...where there is a tide pool known for it's abundance of sea life swimming and playing among the lava rock formations that waders and snorkelers can watch in the crystal clear water.

      For those who, like myself, would prefer to snap pictures than to frolic among the sea creatures, there were plenty of scenic vistas to capture.

       When lunch time rolled around we walked to the food truck court across from the beach,

​...where we snagged some hot dogs and met the food truck cat.

      We stayed at Shark's Cove until the sun began to head toward the horizon.

​...then we drove back to Honolulu, sighting a rainbow along the way.

​        We also found along the way a place for dinner near the Honolulu airport called Big Kahuna's Pizza where the decor was fun,

​...the pizza excellent,

...and the message on the straw box heartening.