The Robinsons: The North Shore

Today we drove up to the North Shore, an area renowned for its legendary beaches. On the drive up, we passed by Dole Plantation and its 11,500 acres of pineapple fields- this can grow as many as 350 million plants! It looked very different from the rice, cotton and corn fields of southern Arkansas, but still beautiful. You can stop and take a tour, but Spence and I deferred when we saw the huge number of tour buses and cars in the parking lot.

Past residents have supplied our apartment well, so we borrowed snorkeling euipment and stopped in Waimea at Shark's Cove. This small spot is reportedly one of the best places to snorkel on the island. As you can see below- it is very rocky, but this is what attracts all of the beautiful fish to congregate in this area.

I am also including a few pics of just a few of the fish we saw from what I can identify in a book here. No, I did not take these pics- they are courtesy of the internet. I loved the snorkeling, Spence is not as big of a fan- he says it freaks him out a bit.

After getting a workout snorkeling, we were craving some beach time. We headed furthernorth to Turtle Bay Resort. Some of you may recognize this name from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"- I assure you we spent a good deal of time quoting different scenes as we chilled on the sand.

For dinner, we found the well-known Giovanni's Aloha Shrimp Wagon in Kahuku. I think that the economy of Kahuku must rely on shrimp trucks and shacks. There are 3 choices at Giovanni's. I chose Shrimp Scampi- delicious with a huge amount of freshly sauteed garlic (my fave!). Spence as always adventurously chose the Hot n' Spicy Shrimp. There were some choice words used in describing his dish, and I'm pretty sure it burned the entire way through his GI tract. You'll have to inquire with him about his exact thoughts- this is a PG blog.