More pics! By the way, Golf, I looked up the tide forecast for Waimanalo so you and Larry can get to the Tidal Pool at the right time to walk along the beach from the Park.
http://tinyurl.com/3q5s4v
Hope this helps and please keep up the reports.......
MGI Has Died and Gone to Heaven
Moderator: Styles Bitchley
-
golfmobile
- Chopper Pilot Wannabe
- Posts: 1203
- Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:47 pm
- Location: Atlanta area
- Contact:
I just spent an HOUR posting A HUGE report of what we did today, then I hit one button IN THE DARK OUT HERE UNDER THIS BLEEPING MONKEY POD TREE where I can't see the keyboard and wiped it ALL OUT!!!!
So here's an unedited version:
Thursday, September 11 – with all due respect . . . .
MGI had no adventures today, so no pictures of him.
But our day was full.
It usually costs us about $100/week to rent snorkel masks and fins from a shop like Snorkel Bob’s. Larry said, let’s just buy them if we can buy them for less. So we found a dive shop that was going out of business and got fins for $20/pair. Long’s Drugs had masks for around $10 each (mine leaks, Larry’s doesn’t). So we’ll leave them here for the owner of our rental – not sure how she can sterilize the masks. But the next renters can buy their own as cheaply as we did, but at least they won’t have to buy fins (if they wear size 5-7 and 8-10).
Then we had to find somewhere to snorkel. It seems on Oahu, just about the ONLY place to snorkel and see lots of fish is Hanauma Bay, which is very crowded by 10 a.m. We had already passed that time frame by the time we got our equipment, so we tried along Kailua Beach (too murky due to “rough seas” and not many fish at all. So we tried to find Bellows Beach – closed except for weekends. Waimanalo Beach is a GORGEOUS, long beach, but no lava rock off shore so not good for snorkeling, at least today. We did go in the water at the south end of Kailua Beach, really just on the edge of Lanikai Beach. But again not really good (not like we’ve seen at Black Rock and Kihei on Maui or just anywhere on the Big Island [because it doesn’t really have many beaches, because it’s so “young,” and there is lots of lava rock, thus good places for fish to be viewed] where we would see 5-8" butterfly fish, tangs, parrotfish, huge jacks, turtles, Moorish idols, puffers, damsels, wrasses, surgeonfish, triggers, etc.). What we were able to see today were a few small convict tangs and some small butterflies.
However, in our search, I was able to lure Larry closer and closer to the Eve Anderson estate. I got him to pull in the beach just to the northeast of the Shriner’s place, which you all know is right next door to THE place I wanted to go. There were a couple of snorkelers here, but they reported they were seeing only the sea turtles. But since I already was in my swimsuit and wet, a herd of wild horses could not have kept me from going past the concrete walls to get to the tidal pool!
Of course, it was high tide and rather a strong, rough surf, but I would not be deterred!! I left Larry sitting near the parking lot and took off for the tidal pool. There were several people there – at first I thought perhaps it was a group of MPI fans. But, no, it was just local pole fishermen and their sons, about eight to ten people, all totaled. They seemed to have cared not one squat for its being THE place to be. But I fought my way through the water and got there. Nirvana! Valhalla! The Holy Grail! I am THERE! I am walking along the sand, feet in the SAME water (well, probably not exactly) trod by Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, John Hillerman, Roger Mosley. The wall was a little high for me to sit on and have my feet on the sand, but I’m only 5’ 3” tall.
I had NOT brought the camera, due to high tide, and my camera isn’t waterproof. I didn’t know how easily – or not – I would be able to get through the water and to The Exact Spot (and it could have been a little risky, as it turned out, it was). But I just wanted to BE there! And I was. Sigh . . . . The boathouse/guesthouse looks about the same as it has in all the pictures already on the internet, but it was clearly visible. The main house is what is obscured by overgrown foliage (what I was able to see had the blue tarps all over it – n.magnum with his “illegal” foray may have been able to see more than I could, at least for this trip) (but I can tell you, the temptation to sneak onto the property, just to SEE more of the main house is very strong. I mean, you’re THERE, you want to SEE the main house. Eve Anderson could make a FORTUNE, if she would just open it up once a week for MPI fan tours!!! Enough to finance whatever restoration may be needed, but that’s not up to me (unfortunately!). Anyway, today, there were far too many “witnesses,” and I wouldn’t trespass anyway, but . . . . I can’t certainly understand the desire to “get in there.”
So I just wandered up and down the beach for about 20 yards, back and forth, and gazed at what I could. I was slogging through the surf most of the time, but I didn’t mind. There are NO stairs or any semblance thereof at the “walk out to the beach” gate at all, totally covered by washed-up- sand. I couldn’t see that any stairs had been there at all at the gate to the boathouse, as there seemed to be just the concrete “driveway.” Oh, yes, speaking of “concrete,” the square actually water runoff slab was underwater when I was there, if that gives an indication of the high tide I was dealing with. All the tidal pool border rocks were under water also.
For right now, I'm ending this before I delete it again. We did go play Pali Golf Course after this morning adventure (another MPI filiming site), but I'll add more about that tomorrow morning.
This is all for tonight (and my poor internet connection).
I apologize for my selfishness in enjoying this 9/11 day. I did think about all those still hurting because of the events of this historical day, and I honor those who did so much to help.
golf
So here's an unedited version:
Thursday, September 11 – with all due respect . . . .
MGI had no adventures today, so no pictures of him.
But our day was full.
It usually costs us about $100/week to rent snorkel masks and fins from a shop like Snorkel Bob’s. Larry said, let’s just buy them if we can buy them for less. So we found a dive shop that was going out of business and got fins for $20/pair. Long’s Drugs had masks for around $10 each (mine leaks, Larry’s doesn’t). So we’ll leave them here for the owner of our rental – not sure how she can sterilize the masks. But the next renters can buy their own as cheaply as we did, but at least they won’t have to buy fins (if they wear size 5-7 and 8-10).
Then we had to find somewhere to snorkel. It seems on Oahu, just about the ONLY place to snorkel and see lots of fish is Hanauma Bay, which is very crowded by 10 a.m. We had already passed that time frame by the time we got our equipment, so we tried along Kailua Beach (too murky due to “rough seas” and not many fish at all. So we tried to find Bellows Beach – closed except for weekends. Waimanalo Beach is a GORGEOUS, long beach, but no lava rock off shore so not good for snorkeling, at least today. We did go in the water at the south end of Kailua Beach, really just on the edge of Lanikai Beach. But again not really good (not like we’ve seen at Black Rock and Kihei on Maui or just anywhere on the Big Island [because it doesn’t really have many beaches, because it’s so “young,” and there is lots of lava rock, thus good places for fish to be viewed] where we would see 5-8" butterfly fish, tangs, parrotfish, huge jacks, turtles, Moorish idols, puffers, damsels, wrasses, surgeonfish, triggers, etc.). What we were able to see today were a few small convict tangs and some small butterflies.
However, in our search, I was able to lure Larry closer and closer to the Eve Anderson estate. I got him to pull in the beach just to the northeast of the Shriner’s place, which you all know is right next door to THE place I wanted to go. There were a couple of snorkelers here, but they reported they were seeing only the sea turtles. But since I already was in my swimsuit and wet, a herd of wild horses could not have kept me from going past the concrete walls to get to the tidal pool!
Of course, it was high tide and rather a strong, rough surf, but I would not be deterred!! I left Larry sitting near the parking lot and took off for the tidal pool. There were several people there – at first I thought perhaps it was a group of MPI fans. But, no, it was just local pole fishermen and their sons, about eight to ten people, all totaled. They seemed to have cared not one squat for its being THE place to be. But I fought my way through the water and got there. Nirvana! Valhalla! The Holy Grail! I am THERE! I am walking along the sand, feet in the SAME water (well, probably not exactly) trod by Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, John Hillerman, Roger Mosley. The wall was a little high for me to sit on and have my feet on the sand, but I’m only 5’ 3” tall.
I had NOT brought the camera, due to high tide, and my camera isn’t waterproof. I didn’t know how easily – or not – I would be able to get through the water and to The Exact Spot (and it could have been a little risky, as it turned out, it was). But I just wanted to BE there! And I was. Sigh . . . . The boathouse/guesthouse looks about the same as it has in all the pictures already on the internet, but it was clearly visible. The main house is what is obscured by overgrown foliage (what I was able to see had the blue tarps all over it – n.magnum with his “illegal” foray may have been able to see more than I could, at least for this trip) (but I can tell you, the temptation to sneak onto the property, just to SEE more of the main house is very strong. I mean, you’re THERE, you want to SEE the main house. Eve Anderson could make a FORTUNE, if she would just open it up once a week for MPI fan tours!!! Enough to finance whatever restoration may be needed, but that’s not up to me (unfortunately!). Anyway, today, there were far too many “witnesses,” and I wouldn’t trespass anyway, but . . . . I can’t certainly understand the desire to “get in there.”
So I just wandered up and down the beach for about 20 yards, back and forth, and gazed at what I could. I was slogging through the surf most of the time, but I didn’t mind. There are NO stairs or any semblance thereof at the “walk out to the beach” gate at all, totally covered by washed-up- sand. I couldn’t see that any stairs had been there at all at the gate to the boathouse, as there seemed to be just the concrete “driveway.” Oh, yes, speaking of “concrete,” the square actually water runoff slab was underwater when I was there, if that gives an indication of the high tide I was dealing with. All the tidal pool border rocks were under water also.
For right now, I'm ending this before I delete it again. We did go play Pali Golf Course after this morning adventure (another MPI filiming site), but I'll add more about that tomorrow morning.
This is all for tonight (and my poor internet connection).
I apologize for my selfishness in enjoying this 9/11 day. I did think about all those still hurting because of the events of this historical day, and I honor those who did so much to help.
golf
"Portside, buddy."
-
J.J. Walters
- Founding Father
- Posts: 4196
- Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:54 pm
- Location: Suburbia, USA
- Contact:
Wow, great reports and pictures golf!! Sounds like you guys (and MGI) are having a wonderful time! I love your lodging. It looks much better (and adventuresome) than a Waikiki joint. 
Can't wait to see and hear more!
Can't wait to see and hear more!
golfmobile wrote:But I fought my way through the water and got there. Nirvana! Valhalla! The Holy Grail! I am THERE! I am walking along the sand, feet in the SAME water (well, probably not exactly) trod by Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, John Hillerman, Roger Mosley.
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!
It sure is great to have almost real time reports from those in our our group that goes over there isn't it! First N. Magnum and now you. If you and Larry make it up to the North Shore, Golf, we found a place called Sharks Cove
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/oahu/beaches/sharks_cove.htm
That you may want to try out for snorkeling. It is much less crowded than Hanauma Bay, free and my son loved it when we discovered it on our trek to the North Shore. Word of caution, however, bring some footwear to negotiate the scattered lava rocks on the beach on your way into the water, they hurt!
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/oahu/beaches/sharks_cove.htm
That you may want to try out for snorkeling. It is much less crowded than Hanauma Bay, free and my son loved it when we discovered it on our trek to the North Shore. Word of caution, however, bring some footwear to negotiate the scattered lava rocks on the beach on your way into the water, they hurt!
-
golfmobile
- Chopper Pilot Wannabe
- Posts: 1203
- Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:47 pm
- Location: Atlanta area
- Contact:
Steve,
Thanks! I remember reading about that place, I think you mentioned it before? We will definitely go there, if it's a good snorkeling place. We have beach footware to avoid the rocks. I learned that the hard way (injury) on the Big Island.
Friday morning, 6:30 a.m.
Á la Paul Harvey, “here is the rest of the story,” which I was too tired and frustrated last night to recreate to add to my post (I will NEVER type a long post again! Always type in word processing format, then block and copy!).
I finally remembered to tell you that our rental property has another interesting MPI tie-in of sorts. Remember in “Did You See the Sunrise,” when Nuzo is at TC’s house and TC tells him how he is on the flight line for the military helicopters flying down the Ko’olau Valley (or something similar to that)? And, of course, from rubberchicken’s finding TC’s house on GE for us that it really isn’t anywhere NEAR the Ko’olau Valley to have military a/c flying over it. Well, we ARE at the southeast end of the valley so we DO have the helis flying over us! Of course, we’re gone most of the day, but our first afternoon/evening here, we had three helis fly over us.
And while I was sloshing around at the EA beach, a helicopter flew over. It wasn’t TC’s or even an MD500D (I think it was a EuroStar), just a tourist helicopter, I’m sure. But you just KNOW that the pilot was pointing out the estate.
Also, as we were getting dried off to leave at the parking lot by the Shriner’s place (actually there are some other buildings between the parking lot and the Shriner building – orange stucco – for some reason, I was thinking the developed area right there ended with the Shriner building, then the stretch of no buildings), a small tour bus came into the lot (which had had plenty of parking places when we pulled in but was full by the time we left – good timing for us then for that purpose, if not for the tide), with a tour leader (we assume she was, as she was the one carrying a clipboard and seemed to be “directing traffic,” but she just directed everyone away down the beach from EAE. I thought this was a little strange. Why bring them to THIS part of the beach when the full length of Waimanalo Beach was probably less than 500 yards further west? They could have parked in the huge parking lot for the Waim. Beach Park. Maybe they were on a “beach hopping” tour. It just didn’t make much sense (to me) for them to stop there, if they weren’t being directed to the tidal pool.
After we left and came back to the studio to dry off and clean up, we decided to go play golf. But it was already 2 p.m., a little late for starting and we were already rather worn out from going in and out of the water a couple of times and swimming out and finding very little, so we decided to go play nine holes at:
That's the Pali Golf Course clubhouse, if you can't read it.
For some reason (maybe over-use?), they were allowing people to play nine holes only (but there seemed to be people on the front nine and the back nine, and you could come back to the clubhouse and play another nine if you had time. So I don’t see what the benefit was of allowing players to play only nine holes at a time. ?? At least I did get to one other filming locations. I have a feeling we won’t get to many more. Larry doesn’t seem very interested in helping me find them and go to them. And, as you know, so many are over around Honolulu city. The traffic there is so miserable, I doubt I’ll be able to convince Larry to do much exploring there.
In Georgia, we’re used to seeing critters on the golf courses – usually rabbits and wild turkeys and deer. At Pali, it was:
And I love the different (from Georgia, at least) flora of Hawaii:
(not that EYE'm ever in such a predicament as Larry there!!)
Also, back to the trek through the surf to the tidal pool: On my way back to Larry, a big wave hit me and knocked me off balance and as I lurched to recover, I managed to jam my foot down in between two rocks, and in extricating myself, I managed to rip the toenail way down below the quick on my “ring toe” on my left foot. Certainly not major damage, just a small “ouch” factor, and it hurts a little when I’m wearing shoes and particularly my golf shoes. But last night I “painted” some Liquid Bandage on it, which is, I believe, in essence sterile SuperGlue, so that holds the toenail in place, so it doesn’t hurt very much any more, just enough of a twinge now and then to remember it’s there. It seems I can’t come to Hawaii without some injury or other.
Well, it’s getting on to full daylight here, so off to today’s adventures. Hopefully, based on Sam’s posting of the tides schedule (which don’t look hopeful for us getting to the tidal pool at full low tide anytime for the entire week), the tide will be between high and low when we return from Hanauma Bay, so maybe I can get there with a camera.
Stay tuned, folks!
Thanks! I remember reading about that place, I think you mentioned it before? We will definitely go there, if it's a good snorkeling place. We have beach footware to avoid the rocks. I learned that the hard way (injury) on the Big Island.
Friday morning, 6:30 a.m.
Á la Paul Harvey, “here is the rest of the story,” which I was too tired and frustrated last night to recreate to add to my post (I will NEVER type a long post again! Always type in word processing format, then block and copy!).
I finally remembered to tell you that our rental property has another interesting MPI tie-in of sorts. Remember in “Did You See the Sunrise,” when Nuzo is at TC’s house and TC tells him how he is on the flight line for the military helicopters flying down the Ko’olau Valley (or something similar to that)? And, of course, from rubberchicken’s finding TC’s house on GE for us that it really isn’t anywhere NEAR the Ko’olau Valley to have military a/c flying over it. Well, we ARE at the southeast end of the valley so we DO have the helis flying over us! Of course, we’re gone most of the day, but our first afternoon/evening here, we had three helis fly over us.
And while I was sloshing around at the EA beach, a helicopter flew over. It wasn’t TC’s or even an MD500D (I think it was a EuroStar), just a tourist helicopter, I’m sure. But you just KNOW that the pilot was pointing out the estate.
Also, as we were getting dried off to leave at the parking lot by the Shriner’s place (actually there are some other buildings between the parking lot and the Shriner building – orange stucco – for some reason, I was thinking the developed area right there ended with the Shriner building, then the stretch of no buildings), a small tour bus came into the lot (which had had plenty of parking places when we pulled in but was full by the time we left – good timing for us then for that purpose, if not for the tide), with a tour leader (we assume she was, as she was the one carrying a clipboard and seemed to be “directing traffic,” but she just directed everyone away down the beach from EAE. I thought this was a little strange. Why bring them to THIS part of the beach when the full length of Waimanalo Beach was probably less than 500 yards further west? They could have parked in the huge parking lot for the Waim. Beach Park. Maybe they were on a “beach hopping” tour. It just didn’t make much sense (to me) for them to stop there, if they weren’t being directed to the tidal pool.
After we left and came back to the studio to dry off and clean up, we decided to go play golf. But it was already 2 p.m., a little late for starting and we were already rather worn out from going in and out of the water a couple of times and swimming out and finding very little, so we decided to go play nine holes at:
That's the Pali Golf Course clubhouse, if you can't read it.
For some reason (maybe over-use?), they were allowing people to play nine holes only (but there seemed to be people on the front nine and the back nine, and you could come back to the clubhouse and play another nine if you had time. So I don’t see what the benefit was of allowing players to play only nine holes at a time. ?? At least I did get to one other filming locations. I have a feeling we won’t get to many more. Larry doesn’t seem very interested in helping me find them and go to them. And, as you know, so many are over around Honolulu city. The traffic there is so miserable, I doubt I’ll be able to convince Larry to do much exploring there.
In Georgia, we’re used to seeing critters on the golf courses – usually rabbits and wild turkeys and deer. At Pali, it was:
And I love the different (from Georgia, at least) flora of Hawaii:
(not that EYE'm ever in such a predicament as Larry there!!)
Also, back to the trek through the surf to the tidal pool: On my way back to Larry, a big wave hit me and knocked me off balance and as I lurched to recover, I managed to jam my foot down in between two rocks, and in extricating myself, I managed to rip the toenail way down below the quick on my “ring toe” on my left foot. Certainly not major damage, just a small “ouch” factor, and it hurts a little when I’m wearing shoes and particularly my golf shoes. But last night I “painted” some Liquid Bandage on it, which is, I believe, in essence sterile SuperGlue, so that holds the toenail in place, so it doesn’t hurt very much any more, just enough of a twinge now and then to remember it’s there. It seems I can’t come to Hawaii without some injury or other.
Well, it’s getting on to full daylight here, so off to today’s adventures. Hopefully, based on Sam’s posting of the tides schedule (which don’t look hopeful for us getting to the tidal pool at full low tide anytime for the entire week), the tide will be between high and low when we return from Hanauma Bay, so maybe I can get there with a camera.
Stay tuned, folks!
"Portside, buddy."
-
ConchRepublican
- COZITV Magnum, P.I. SuperFan / Chief Barkeep - Flemingo Key
- Posts: 2999
- Joined: Fri May 30, 2008 6:19 pm
- Location: Flemingo Key
- Contact:
-
Sparkle & Fizz
- Rear Admiral
- Posts: 76
- Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:47 pm
-
N1095A
- World Class Private Investigator
- Posts: 1576
- Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:03 pm
- Location: A log cabin in the mountains.
Re: MGI Has Died and Gone to Heaven
Great photos, I seriously have vacation envy :mrgreen:. Suprised MGI didn't climb the fence.golfmobile wrote:Higgins!! Open the gate! Or should be I be calling St. Peter?
"But Higgins, I can explain."
Re: MGI Has Died and Gone to Heaven
MGI must have "looked at the dogs"..........LOL!N1095A wrote:Great photos, I seriously have vacation envy :mrgreen:. Suprised MGI didn't climb the fence.golfmobile wrote:Higgins!! Open the gate! Or should be I be calling St. Peter?
-
golfmobile
- Chopper Pilot Wannabe
- Posts: 1203
- Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:47 pm
- Location: Atlanta area
- Contact:
Friday, September 12:
This was rather a frustrating day. We went to Hanauma Bay this morning, supposedly the “best” snorkeling. We arrived before 9 a.m., but it was already pretty crowded. Then we found out we could get in until we went through a video orientation and we have to wait 15 minutes for that. Then we walked down to the bay.
Yesterday it seemed my mask kept leaking, and it was driving me crazy and making snorkeling pretty miserable. Today it was even worse. Larry said just get it tighter. When I did that, it didn’t leak as much but then it would fog up and was so tight it was giving me a headache. Then, there wasn’t much to see! This is the best Oahu has to offer? We both agreed that we were quite disappointed. We saw many, many more fish both on Maui and the Big Island – where it was free. The water was murky, the rocks were just rocks, not coral and not “live rock.” We were there about an hour, but it just wasn’t worth it. Larry said he was going to walk down to the far side of the cove (we were close to the west end) to see if it appeared to have any potential to be any better. While he was gone, I started examining my mask – and found a crinkle in the rubber framing. So that was why it kept leaking. At least we found the problem. Proves you get what you pay for – the set cost $11 (but Larry had gotten a slightly different set for $10 and his was fine). But we also realized that now I had the mouthpiece and tube and they were fine, so I could just buy a new mask, which we did later, for $6. This one looks much nicer, but we have to wait till tomorrow morning to test it.
We left Hanauma around 10:30 (after getting pix of MGI there)
and while heading back to our abode, we stopped at a few places to take pictures – the dramatic blowhole, for example. And I got a better picture of Legs’ lighthouse and a couple more pictures of Makai Pier.
Then we were going by Robin’s Nest again, so I asked Larry to stop and let me check the condition of the tide. Still too high to struggle through the water for pictures. I expected as much, since the tide charts were showing low tide at roughly 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and it was 11:30 a.m. I’m just going to get up really early tomorrow morning and go there. And with getting there that early, I might be able to get some good sunrise pictures. With that “tease,” I may be able to get Larry to go with me. He is the best sunrise picture taker.
Back “home,” we showered and got dressed for golf. Called Olomana and got a 1:47 tee time and headed there. We did not have our best game, but then we rarely do. The course wasn’t in very good condition – most of its ponds were all dried up. The greens were beautiful, and I guess that’s where they spent their maintenance budget because the fairways were pretty rough. Still we always enjoy golf. I had a few brilliant shots and Larry birdied the 18th hole – always a draw to get one to come back and try again.
After golf, we drove back to Kailua to get my swim mask and a couple of other items from Longs Drugs (though I still can’t find a koa wood pen!! It is really strange that so many things we go looking for are on the other islands but not Oahu.) We hadn’t eaten anything all day, so we just had a pizza in Kailua.
Wrapping it up for tonight. I would like to be able to get on the internet and upload pictures, check email, check MM, but it keeps raining on and off, and it’s not worth running in and out with the laptop (remember I have internet access only out under the monkey pod tree!). Very tired and want to get up early to go to RN and get pictures (Larry is being very kind and patient to put up with my endeavors on this front).
Sat.: One quick note. We didn’t make it to the tidal pool by sunrise, and I went by myself. Will add more pictures later but I didn’t really get any picture of the estate that is visible from the beach that is significantly different from what everyone else has taken. However, while I was there, Mrs. Anderson came out. I was at the gate facing the pool and heard dogs barking behind me at the gate. Of course, one thinks, “The lads!” But it was a black retriever and a white (or cream, not really very golden unless he’s just very old) retriever. I heard a voice call them back and through the foliage could see a white-haired lady walking along and she raised her arm and waved. I hung around for a few minutes to see if she would come speak to me, but she did not.
More later, golf
This was rather a frustrating day. We went to Hanauma Bay this morning, supposedly the “best” snorkeling. We arrived before 9 a.m., but it was already pretty crowded. Then we found out we could get in until we went through a video orientation and we have to wait 15 minutes for that. Then we walked down to the bay.
Yesterday it seemed my mask kept leaking, and it was driving me crazy and making snorkeling pretty miserable. Today it was even worse. Larry said just get it tighter. When I did that, it didn’t leak as much but then it would fog up and was so tight it was giving me a headache. Then, there wasn’t much to see! This is the best Oahu has to offer? We both agreed that we were quite disappointed. We saw many, many more fish both on Maui and the Big Island – where it was free. The water was murky, the rocks were just rocks, not coral and not “live rock.” We were there about an hour, but it just wasn’t worth it. Larry said he was going to walk down to the far side of the cove (we were close to the west end) to see if it appeared to have any potential to be any better. While he was gone, I started examining my mask – and found a crinkle in the rubber framing. So that was why it kept leaking. At least we found the problem. Proves you get what you pay for – the set cost $11 (but Larry had gotten a slightly different set for $10 and his was fine). But we also realized that now I had the mouthpiece and tube and they were fine, so I could just buy a new mask, which we did later, for $6. This one looks much nicer, but we have to wait till tomorrow morning to test it.
We left Hanauma around 10:30 (after getting pix of MGI there)
and while heading back to our abode, we stopped at a few places to take pictures – the dramatic blowhole, for example. And I got a better picture of Legs’ lighthouse and a couple more pictures of Makai Pier.
Then we were going by Robin’s Nest again, so I asked Larry to stop and let me check the condition of the tide. Still too high to struggle through the water for pictures. I expected as much, since the tide charts were showing low tide at roughly 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and it was 11:30 a.m. I’m just going to get up really early tomorrow morning and go there. And with getting there that early, I might be able to get some good sunrise pictures. With that “tease,” I may be able to get Larry to go with me. He is the best sunrise picture taker.
Back “home,” we showered and got dressed for golf. Called Olomana and got a 1:47 tee time and headed there. We did not have our best game, but then we rarely do. The course wasn’t in very good condition – most of its ponds were all dried up. The greens were beautiful, and I guess that’s where they spent their maintenance budget because the fairways were pretty rough. Still we always enjoy golf. I had a few brilliant shots and Larry birdied the 18th hole – always a draw to get one to come back and try again.
After golf, we drove back to Kailua to get my swim mask and a couple of other items from Longs Drugs (though I still can’t find a koa wood pen!! It is really strange that so many things we go looking for are on the other islands but not Oahu.) We hadn’t eaten anything all day, so we just had a pizza in Kailua.
Wrapping it up for tonight. I would like to be able to get on the internet and upload pictures, check email, check MM, but it keeps raining on and off, and it’s not worth running in and out with the laptop (remember I have internet access only out under the monkey pod tree!). Very tired and want to get up early to go to RN and get pictures (Larry is being very kind and patient to put up with my endeavors on this front).
Sat.: One quick note. We didn’t make it to the tidal pool by sunrise, and I went by myself. Will add more pictures later but I didn’t really get any picture of the estate that is visible from the beach that is significantly different from what everyone else has taken. However, while I was there, Mrs. Anderson came out. I was at the gate facing the pool and heard dogs barking behind me at the gate. Of course, one thinks, “The lads!” But it was a black retriever and a white (or cream, not really very golden unless he’s just very old) retriever. I heard a voice call them back and through the foliage could see a white-haired lady walking along and she raised her arm and waved. I hung around for a few minutes to see if she would come speak to me, but she did not.
More later, golf
"Portside, buddy."