LUNCH AT ROY's KO OLINA
We had another great day at Ko Olina, Hawaii. Our very generous landlady, Ingrid, treated us to lunch at Roy's on the Ko Olina Golf Club. Ingrid ordered a series of appetizers, including ribs, spring rolls, sushi, seared ahi, salad and crab cakes. Dessert included cheesecake, creame brûlée and macaroons. The outdoor patio setting with the golf course, ponds, water falls and black swans was spectacular. Wow, does it get any better?

THE BIG SURF
Like most Canadians, we check the weather forecast regularly. On Wednesday there was a warning of extra large surf conditions (see photo below) that caught our interest. Winter is when the North Shore of Oahu sometimes has extraordinary waves, drawing surfers from around the world. So, early Thursday morning we drove across Oahu to the North Shore to check out the conditions and hopefully see some surfers testing their skills. It was worth the drive. We stopped at Haleiwa Beach Park, Waimea Bay, Sunset Beach and Banzai Pipeline. Our guess is the waves were in the range of 30 to 35 feet. Very impressive and fun to watch. There were lots of surfers, spills, many spectators, some with enormous camera lenses and a few quad copters hovering over the surfers to get great videos.

The wave and surfer watching was followed by a garlic shrimp lunch at Giovanni's Shrimp Truck and them a grilled banana cake with vanilla bean ice cream at Kahuku Farms. Mmmmmm, what a great lunch.

Rounding out our day was swimming at our condo pool and time in the hot tub.

A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER IN HAWAII

Out landlady, who owns a boat named Ocean Queen, invited us and a few neighbours out for an afternoon on the water. She had a captain for the outing, allowing us to enjoy some refreshments. You can't tell from the pictures, but at times we were in 15' rollers, which this 47' boat handles with ease. We saw many Spinner Dolphins swimming near the boat plus a number of Humpback whales. Later, back at the marina we enjoyed more refreshments, food, laughs and a great sunset.