We slept in. No, wait—the plan was to sleep in. But we went to bed before 9:00 PM and the girls were up before 6:00 AM. They were really nice and let us sleep but we were up with sun before 7:00.

It took a while to get on the road even if we did get up early. It's not exactly like herding cats, but it takes us a while to pull it together to get on the road. It's not the girls' fault, I am one of the cats to be herded.

It was much clearer today! We spent the morning in Lihue and I took this photo on the drive. We went shopping at Hilo Hattie's—THE place for Hawaiian souvenirs. And, yes, the girls opened an oyster and, yes, they are each going home with a nice pink pearl necklace. The girls and I had fun looking at just about everything while Steve went to Radio Shack for a speaker cable that we left at home. 

We were back at the condo for lunch and then we headed to Anini Beach (my first time there). When the sun was out it was nice and warm but it was really, really windy today. The girls didn't mind but I about froze.

The girls messed around a bit with the boogey board but this is not a beach for boogeying.

Note to parents: See the waves out there in the distance? That's where the shore break is. From the beach to there the water is shallow and there just aren't waves of any height even with wind gusts up to 30 mph.

The girls spent a lot of time digging in the sand.

They dug a long pit that filled with water. By the time we left the tide was rolling into their pond. On the way home we stopped for cookies (regular and gluten free) and smoothies. And now Steve is cooking dinner and the girls and I are chilling. We may do some jewelry making soon! Or not. We're sort of tired. Movie and popcorn are on the agenda for tonight. I'm hoping that we can stay awake until at least 9:30!