Hawaii, Day Two – Farms, Flowers, Fish and Pineapple
Our second day of vacation was spent doing some very touristy, yet fun things.
The first was our trip to Tropical Farms, which the kids call “the macadamia nut farm.” There’s a show and a tour, but it all starts with the kids getting to smash macadamia nuts open with rocks.
The tour bus ride and show were fantastic! The kids got to see a coconut being husked, fire being started – and then danced with…
(yes, that had the boys’ complete attention)…
… and everyone got braided headbands to wear. The girls had flowers in theirs.
There was also shopping to do at the farm. This is where we got to taste-test several different flavors of macadamia nut, and discovered that Thumper adored the cinnamon glazed ones. (We bought some, but he’s not sharing many.)
After the farm, we drove over to Byodo-In Temple. It’s so beautiful.
The kids got to ring the bell.
And then Q-Bee bought fish food, and the kids got to feed both giant koi and the local birds.
The birds are so tame, that they will even jump into your hands to eat. Tad was thrilled when he managed to get a bird eating out of his hand.
After our stop at the temple, we headed back to the house… with a stop at Dole Pineapple Plantation.
Because I was not going to miss out on Dole Pineapple Whip.
I love this stuff.
The kids posed in the giant pineapple.
And we shopped in the really fun store there – where we got a Hawaiian shirt for Rerun (he was the only boy who didn’t have one already), and we found a Hawaiian print sundress for me! I had wanted to find one to wear at the luau (scheduled later in the vacation). So after a full day of sightseeing, we headed back to the house. It had been so much fun!
February 22nd, 2017 00:47
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