Bryan and I both had last Friday off, so we spent the late afternoon at Airport Beach. It was another gorgeous day in Paradise, with crystal clear skies that offered up marvelous views of majestic Molokai.
We weren't the only ones at the beach:
The crowd pictured above is not a typical sight. Bryan and I were lucky to find a parking spot at the beach parking lot.
We think the big monster waves at this typically very mellow beach brought out all the sun bathers and boogie boarders.
Bryan in the waves.
Kenny (Bryan's roommate) and Bryan about to dive through an oncoming wave.
Bryan trying to catch a wave in.
The waves were daunting. We watched quite a few people get bowled over as they tentatively tried to get into the ocean.
It's do or die, people. With waves of this size, there is no hesitation. You need to hustle through the shore break and prepare to launch yourself through the waves.
It may seem hard to leave the beach and get into the water with waves blasting onto the beach, but I think the more difficult task is getting back out when you're done playing in the water.
Beach Morning Glory: a salt-tolerant creeping vine. They grow in huge clusters and create a dense mat along the top of a sand dune.
Last night Bryan and I went to the newly opened Spanky's Riptide bar at 505 Front Street. We met up with our friends, Amanda and Chris, but they weren't the only ones we ran into there. When we walked through the bar it seemed that all the Lahaina locals were at Spanky's.
It didn't take us long to find out why: it was Taco Tuesday.
While we enjoyed our $1 tacos and cheap beers, I spotted this 2 inch long Praying Mantis hanging out on a plant by our table.
This praying mantis wasn't the only wildlife we spotted at the bar. Spanky's mascot is a chocolate lab named Spanky. Spanky hung out under our table most of the night hoping that one of us would drop a beef taco into his mouth. We were all too greedy to share.
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