Saturday Dave and Drew took us out to visit some waterfalls and pools where we could swim. It would give us a chance to swim in something besides the ocean this trip. We followed the Hana highway until we reached a popular roadside trail, and then followed the trails to three different pools that were under three different waterfalls. It was beautiful inside the jungle, and since we were wearing our suits we jumped in the pools and got a nice waterfall massage. At each pool there were people jumping into the water from the rocks above, and it was fun to watch some of the jumpers performing flips and other acrobatics before hitting the water safely. After swimming for a while we sat on the rocks surrounding the pool and let the tiny fish in the water nibble on our feet. Ticklish, but fun. Walking around with Drew was fun, too. It was good to hear about his opinions and various subjects – he wasn’t so talkative at first but he started to warm up afterwards.
After a few hours of hiking and swimming we decided to call it a day and head into town to find some Spam musubi. One of my favorite Hawaiian foods is a well-made Spam musubi from a local store. We struck out at the first place we went, but they did sell hot dogs there (the strange orange sauce turned out to be mayo and mustard combined). After missing out there, we went to a local Chevron station and finally scored a couple. Yum! After snacks and juice we went back to another beach, and got some more time out in the water. We just couldn’t get enough of the beach this trip.
Back home Dave and Susan barbecued a huge feast – steaks, shrimp, chicken, along with side dishes of lomi lomi salmon, a delicious bean salad, and plenty of rice. We tried to make a dent in all the food, but I’m afraid we couldn’t come close to finishing all of it. After dinner I did try to eat slices of leftover pizza to see if I had any allergic reactions, but nothing happened. Had to have been the salad. We also watched the movie “Be Kind, Rewind” and had some red wine – a good finish to the day.
