Saturday morning, like most mornings here, started off slow. Did a little reading, did a little writing, drank a little coffee, greeted the day with the sun on my face. Ahhh. I do love this place.
Since Candance has been here, she has taken massage classes and what better way to practice than with your friends, right? She set up her table outside on the ohana lanai and we listened to the sounds of nature while we got a massage.
That took a couple of hours out of our day. I wanted some beach time, but we had some errands to run because we were to have dinner at another friends house that night and we were in charge of the dessert. So Candance, being the awesome person that she is, volunteered to make dessert and do the grocery shopping that went with it while Julie and I spent a few hours down on the beach.
But first, let's eat! Ever since I saw the poke bar in Costco on Hilo, I had wanted some. So we consulted our trusty Yelp app and found one called Poke to Your Taste. It got really great reviews and was down close to the beaches, so we decided to give it go. It was a small little shack owned by an old Japanese man. He had several choices of starters--like ahi plain, ahi with shoyu sauce, a crab salad, and something else I just can't remember. We chose the ahi with the shoyu sauce (which is soy sauce, and we recommend Aloha Shoyu Sauce). Then, there is a table of various condiments where you prepare your poke "to your taste." We settled on green onions, some sort of garlic mixture, and the mayo sauce. It was heavenly.
Our friend, Melissa, had suggested that we try Carl Smith's beach because the floors were less rocky and it was easy access. Unfortunately, it was Saturday and the beaches were packed. We ended up at Richardson's beach at the end and sat on a wet, grassy knoll to have our poke and take in the sun and to watch the locals fish. We then moved down to the cool pools to go for a swim. Hanging out down there with us were about 4 sea turtles beached to take a nap. And beached they should have been because the water was FREEZING!
We did venture out a ways and I will even be willing to say we stayed in for about 20 minutes. I decided to go in when I was shaking. I asked Julie how in the world they could stand the water this cold. Julie's answer: "It's almost January and you're in the water. What's your problem?" Point taken.
We hung out in the sun for about an hour before we headed back up the hill to get ready for our evening festivities. Unfortunately, either the swimming, sun, or poke did not agree with either of us and we were house ridden for the remainder of the evening. That's ok because in the course of reading books about Hawaii, we discovered a real gem, The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii by Pila of Hawaii. This nifty little book covers all the freaky stuff that goes on here and I, of course, became enthralled with this book. I haven't put it down since.
As for the evening, we all went to bed early. We were going to need our strength when meeting Pele tomorrow.
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