08 July, 2005

So, today we finally got to go to Kailua Beach. This was our destination on the 2nd of July but our car broke down, remember? Anyway, today after Ashley got off work we decided to drive up there. We got ready and headed out, driving on the scenic Pali Highway (same highway we broke down
on last time). On it, there's a scenic area called the "Pali Lookout" so we drove up to it and took this beautiful picture:







Pretty scenic, ya? Well, we were in the middle of a storm and although the camera does not show it, it was raining. You have to note that the Pali Lookout is scenic because it is high up on a mountain and overlooks Kailua, so on days like today (stormy) you can't see a whole bunch but we thought
that it was funny because if you look really carefully, the caption on the sign says, "What can I see from here?"


Appearantly nothing...




After the scenic Pali Lookout we headed down to Kailua to the famous Kailua Beach Park. This is a picture we took of ourselves at Kailua Beach Park:



The beach was incredible and the sand was so fine that it felt a little funny to walk on (see picture below). It was almost like walking on flour or powdered sugar in some parts!



Note: The picture is of Ashley's feet after walking the beach...Ben got in too much trouble for posting the picture of his leg on a post during week one from some of his family who was too grossed out...




Anyway, we had a great time at the beach and the weather was pretty good! It was overcast, so we weren't cooking, and there was a bit of a breeze...alright, a big breeze...at times it felt like we were being sand blasted, but this quickly passed as we took our walk along the beach which goes for miles!




After a week like we've had, there's only one thing left to say: "T.G.I.F.!"


Ben & Ashley




Here's a picture of Kailua Beach in case you actually wanted to see the beach rather than us or a part of us...