We checked out of Aulani and went back to Walmart! We were headed to the North Shore which is less populated and touristy and we wanted to get more food for the rest of the trip.
I had reserved a condo/town home place at Turtle Bay on the North Shore. Turtle Bay has a hotel and a golf course designed by some famous golfer. Our place had air conditioning, kitchen, two baths and showers, a bedroom on the main level and the open loft had a queen and twin bed. It also came with beach towels, boogie boards, beach chairs, umbrella and pretty much anything else we desired.
Robert relaxing. I am so proud of him, he worked the first day while we were at Pearl Harbor and he was mad at the problem he was fixing. He fixed it and really checked out and went on vacation. We actually travel a lot, it's great to pick up and road trip with him on a work trip. But I'd guess this was the first trip we have taken in 5 years that he didn't visit a client, or work. It was truly great.
At night after our sunset watch we all vegged out. It really was an electronic free for all!
This is a picture of our place. The silver Nissan facing out was our car parked in front of our condo. The condo area had three different pools for swimming and it was a 5 minute walk to the beach on Turtle Bay property. We went to this beach a couple times, it was protected a bit by a natural cove but had no barrier so the waves were a bit big for our comfort. We did watch surfers at night. The North Shore beaches are known for its great surf waves in the Winter.
The beach nearest our condo had a Hawaian Monk Seal taking a siesta. They are endogenous to HI and protected. I gather when one comes ashore to rest the HI version of the DNR comes off to rope the seal off. I googled Monk seals and they can come ashore to rest for 2-4 days. We saw two different Monk seals at this beach during the four days we were staying.
Bed head curls
On our drive around the island to the North Shore we stopped to get a big diet coke for Robert at the gas station, and I picked up a Asian snack. It wasn't the best.
Oahu has wind farms too! Energy is expensive on the island, but there were lots of signs of protest about these windmills obstructing the beauty.
The stairs to our condo, and Robert!
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