Yesterday we ended up in Pa’ia which is known as the coolest little town in Hawaii. It’s a haven for everyone from old hippies to stoners to aging musicians to artists to Hollywood actors and last but not least, big wave surfers. You see right down the road from this little hamlet is Jaws which is one of the biggest, baddest surf spots in the World. After arriving and grabbing some grub to fuel up, we headed to the beach to take the boys boogie boarding. The waves here were bigger than they looked from the shore and I told the boys, never turn your back on the ocean. Unafraid, they headed in with me watching from the beach ready to sprint into the surf if anyone was crushed by thousands of pounds of blue water. Both boys soon found out the waves, when in the water, are larger than they look from the shore. After an hour or so, they were beat, so we loaded up and headed home.
We also connected with a life long buddy of mine from 40 years ago. He is a pretty famous guitar player within the industry as he did lots of studio work and moved here 5 years ago to ditch the Mainland and live life. Lots of musicians from my era live here too and tons are in town hanging out. We’ll hook up later today to reminisce some more on the good old days. Guess I am old if I can have good old days, ha.
First up though is Whale Watching. We leave at 11am with the Jacques Cousteau people (I think his son) to go see the whales breach which means jump out of the water. We’ll also hear them through specially designed microphones in the water.
Last night at 8:30 we went to Star Noodle for dinner. This is a cult place that’s hard to get into but Jag wanted to make reservations the other day when we picked up Malasadas (a type of Portuguese donut) for dessert. It was really really good and worth the late night start time.
That’s it, time to get moving, Aloha
REMEMBER, CLICK N A PICTURE TO BLOW IT UP!
