Paul showed up in the evening of our first full day. The next day started out with a morning hike along Shipwreck Beach. We didn't really have an itinerary for how far we would go, just that we had to be back in time to go swimming at a kid friendly beach in the afternoon. We first walked with the entire crew to the Grand Hyatt resort where Jacqueline, Laura, and Zyla left us to go enjoy feeding the fish. The rest of us headed over to Shipwreck Beach. We walked the beach for a short time and then hiked up some rocky cliffs to a viewpoint.
We stayed on these rocky cliffs as we hiked along the coastline for a few miles. It was nice to be able to have this somewhat secluded coast line for hiking. Our hike took us past a couple of small beaches with pinnacles of rock right next to them. We ended up hiking over a golf course that seemed like an amazing spot to play some golf. We left the golf course and ran into a strange cave. It was the Makauwahi Cave that is of course sacred to the Hawaiians. We were able to find a way to get into the cave where there was some guy there who was telling the visitors about the cave.
It was kind of a funky place because it looked half manicured, half destroyed with piles of equipment and roped off section of cave. There was a archaeological dig going on where they were finding all sorts of artifacts and old plants. We listened to the guy talk for a while and then went out of the cave across the bridge to where there were a bunch of tortoises eating plants. We then went down to the Gillin Beach to sit down and enjoy the water before heading back.
We made it back a little later than we were expecting but in plenty of time to enjoy the afternoon at the beach. We went to Lydgate Beach where there was a barrier built up to block the waves. This was perfect and Zyla loved playing there while we all took turns snorkeling.
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