Hawaii - Day 2

Day two in Hawaii was a pretty laid back and more of an exploration day.  I woke up at the CRACKER of dawn because my internal time clock was all messed up.  There is a 4 hour time difference between Colorado and Hawaii so I was up and wide awake around 4:30am because for me that was technically 8:30am which is sleeping in in my world.  Scot on the other hand had no problems with this.  He just snoozed away - luckily this was the only day that I had problems with it as well. 

Once we were up and at 'em we walked down to the main drag for some breakfast and then headed off to Waikiki Beach for a little swimming and sun bathing.  It was WONDERFUL!!  Waikiki Beach is insanely busy but we loved it.  The atmosphere was fun and laid back - the sun was shining, the water was warm, how could you not be having a good time?

(chillaxin' on the beach)

(see what I mean?  TONS of people. This was still fairly early in the day so it would only get busier. Oh and P.S. this guy with the white sweatshirt to the right of the picture totally went swimming in the ocean in his hoodie and sweat pants.)

(Scot is out there somewhere...can you find him?)

(Scot's sand creation)

Once we had had enough sun we went back to the hotel to get ready and go for a little drive around the island.  Some of the reasoning behind that was that Scot had torn up his foot on some rocks when he was out swimming.  In all honesty we probably should have taken him to the EmergiCare for stitches but he was not having that so we stopped at a nearby Wal Mart.  HOLY CRAP BALLS BATMAN.  I will NEVER complain about our Wal Marts ever again!  I could not believe the amount of people at this Wal Mart.  It was INSANITY!  They had a parking garage that was a total mad house which should have been our first clue to not go in and to go find another one.  The parking garage was for Wal Mart and Sams Club so you can imagine how crazy it was plus it was Saturday afternoon.  Anyway so we got some waterproof bandaids and some of that paint on skin stuff and dealt with it that way all week. 

Our drive was beautiful.  I don't really have any pictures from it because we didn't want to get out and walk a lot since Scot's foot was so messed up but we had a great time exploring and seeing the island.  Oahu is a beautiful place!

That night we walked along Kalakaua Ave. and got some dinner at Wolfgang Puck and just walked through the shops.  Kalakaua Ave. has anything from high end retail store like Prada, Coach, Tiffany's to surf shops and hundreds of ABC stores.  We spent a lot of time here. 

(In our hotel room just before heading out for dinner)

(gorgeous sunset along the beach)

(beach front hotels all lit up)

Only 6 more days to go!!