Wednesday July 13, 2011

In a last gasp effort I attempted to fish on my own but my attempts were futile…..I called it quits after 3 or so hours….there will be no Hawaiian bonefish for me....enough is enough.

I was off to see the rest of Oahu now…..

Headed for the Aloha Bowl, site of the NFL's Pro Bowl for the biggest flea market on the island. It was awful. It was geared toward tourists collecting souvenirs instead of the locals selling their stuff to other locals...it was not my style.

Next stop, the Dole pineapple factory….a complete waste of time. It could not have been more cheesy. A silly train ride through fields completely devoid of pineapples, we're talking empty, dirt fields. Outta there…

Next, the legendary surf spot known as the North Shore. This whole place exists because of the unique natural occurrence on the ocean’s floor than creates this massive wave during the winter months. If this natural wonder didn’t exist, then the North shore of Oahu would be just another pineapple plantation. But it does, and it creates a wave so big, with such a monstrous barrel that the best surfers in the world congregate here to challenge it’s forces. The Banzai Pipeline is the most famous wave in the world…but today the water was calm as glass. All I saw was four giant sea turtles down by the beach….which were pretty cool

I bought a couple of shirts at the local surf shop then had a cone of world famous shaved ice at Matsumoto’s. Pretty much everyone who visits the North Shore gets one. It turns out it’s nothing more than shaved ice, much like the stuff you’d find on a hockey rink after the second period, crammed in a paper cone with some heavy sugary syrup poured over it. I actually felt a little sick when I was finished.

What else was I supposed to do at Sunset Beach other than watch the sunset. I did, then watched a little bit of a men’s softball game. The game had some interesting rules. Home plate was located 2 feet away from the backstop fence near the on deck circle on the third base side. Where home plate was supposed to be, a black mat was located. If the ball hit the mat it was a strike. The pitchers were heaving the ball into the stratosphere while still trying to hit the mat. It also appeared you were allowed to overrun all the bases and I even saw a guy hit one over the fence only to return to the dugout after reaching first base. I didn’t have time to get any answers as monsoon rain arrived washing the game away.

Spent the night outside a 24 hr Denny’s in complete defiance of the posted 3 hour parking limit….after eating Moon’s over MiHami…..just kidding. Moon’s over MiHami…I just think that’s funny….actually I had 2 pancakes, and 4 eggs scrambled.