Sleeping Giant

     We hit three or four farmers markets during our week in Hawaii and it was so much fun!  Because of our great location in the north shore we were a bit isolated from any of the really good restaurants so the farmers markets made our food fun!  This was a giant fruit that Corey had to get a picture of.  The red fruit has a pit surrounded by a gel-like fruit inside that tastes pretty good.  Mostly we enjoyed the mango, papaya, lemons and avocados....yum. 
     After the farmers market we did the hike called the Sleeping Giant.  It was steep with beautiful views of the island. 

     
     There are very high cliffs on top of this spot where Corey is taking himself very seriously.  I, on the other hand would not stop for a picture on such a precarious place. 

     It's a little hard to see on the last picture, but there was a cool arch at the top of this hike.  I'm afraid of heights, but I braved it for the view which was totally worth it of course. 
      There is a crossroads near the top of the hike and we took the wrong one.  Once we realized it we turned around and started hiking up.  We ran into a man named Martin.  He was a retired guy who visited the island yearly and had a lot of knowledge about the island and convinced us to take the west side down so we could see the Cook Pines groves.  One of the best things about this trip was that it was just us and we could go where we wanted when we wanted to.  So we took Martin up on his offer and hiked down with him.  He gave us the job of finding the trail markers and told us all about the island along with all of his favorite jokes.  The Pine groves were beautiful and Martin gave us a ride to our car at the end. 

 

     We made our way back to the North Shore stopping at a beach or two on the way so Corey could play in the water and I could read on the beach.  Ended the day with a sunset off Hanalei Bay.