We arrived back in SF last night and Ryan was kind enough to give us a ride.  Thanks, man!

Recap of Monday:  Yoon let us borrow her car for the day (thanks!) and we headed out to North Shore for a day at the beach.  Of course, our first stop was at Rainbow Drive-Inn for some spam, eggs, and rice.  Yum.  Then, with the top down, we drove up to Waimea Beach.

The sun was burnin’ so it sure felt good to jump into the water.  Once in the water, I was neck-deep in the water when this head popped up out of the water directly in front of me.  I screamed and then realized it was a TURTLE!!!!  He came up to say “Aloha” to me!!  Just me!!  Ok, maybe to Jes too….  We were only standing about 6 feet apart when he came up and swam right between us.  He was close enough to reach out and hug if I wasn’t so freaked out.  It would have been nice to give him a big huggy hug but I’m sure he wouldn’t love it any more than Koa normally does.  It’s probably a good thing I didn’t.

Anyhoo…with enough sun on our backs, we headed down to Haleiwa for some shave ice, baby!!  Unfortunately for me, I was pretty much done for the afternoon.  I still don’t know what happened but I was wiped out.  Fatigued, sleepy, achey, and hot was what I felt so once I got to the hotel room, I passed out for a 2-hour nap.  Jes said I was burning up in the bed but I was freezin’.  I wasn’t sunburned but maybe I was dehydrated.  Whatever it was…I felt like I was dying for just those hours.  The rest of the evening was spent eating ramen and hanging out by the beach until sundown.  It was juuuuust right.

Yoon gave us a ride to the airport and our flight back was pretty smooth.  There were, however, a unusually large number of crying kids on our flight and a pair of real cowboy retards sitting in front of us.  I think four days was perfect for a quick get-away.  I’m relaxed and actually felt ready for work today.  I’m also very happy to be home with Koa, who seemed to have a pretty relaxing weekend himself.  Thanks for keeping him company, Susie!!

Here are photos from our trip.