Sunday

Today was such a great day! After we went to church we headed to the Ewa Beach Railroad. We were going to go last Sunday but it was raining. The weather was much better today!

It was such a beautiful train ride and there was a wonderful breeze blowing, it was perfect. It is a 90 minute train ride up the West Coast. The whole ride is narrated so you learn a lot about the railroad and surrounding areas.

After the train ride, since it was such a beautiful day, we decided to then drive up the west coast. We drove until the road ends and then got out to hike. What started out as a little walk turned into a full fledge hike! We stopped and watched a blowhole before heading up most of the trail.

We did this hike in December and had visited some tide pools so we wanted to take my parents there. It is off the path and you have to hike down to get to the tidepools. As we got closer we were so surprised that there was a huge seal laying in one of the pools. We have never seen one in the wild before and it was amazing! It would open its eyes and look at us and grunted at Jacob once because Jake got to close but mostly it just layed there. The boys also found sea cucumbers and let Nana and Papa hold them.

The views were so spectactular, the pictures don't do justice to what we saw. As we were driving home, Darrick saw what looked like a big cave so we stopped to look. It was big bit not very deep. It was the first cave the boys have been to so they thought it was so cool. The cave was dripping water so the ground was slick and Jacob slipped 3 times!

Our showers felt so good tonight and I'm sure we will all sleep like rocks!