Kaloko-Honokohau Beach

Confession: I am from Hawaii, but I'm not a fan of the beach. Some people find them to be soothing, relaxing...even spiritual. I find them to be too hot, sticky, windy, sandy and salty (and I'm pretty sure that the rest of the world agrees with me that tropical, white, sandy, Hawaiian beaches just suck). I just don't like covering my body in slimy lotion and getting little particles of sand stuck all over my butt cheeks. However, my little guy (and the baby daddy) love the beach. So over the past few 4-5 months, I've made a huge, Mother Theresa-like effort to gamely plaster a smile on my face, pack my son up and head to the beach!


Here's our latest adventure- a trip to Kaloko-Honokohau's Ai Opio beach. This beach is one of my favorites because of its scenic and historic fishpond, heiau, and hale...amazing!

Each trip to the beach Ryan finds a different object to focus on- hermit crabs, fish, turtles, boats...on this day, the object du jour was rocks! He would pick one up, toss it. Pick it up. Toss it. Pick it up. Toss it. Pick it up. Toss it. You get the idea.

Rizzie at sunset.


Ry & daddy chilling. Daddy said that he could not swim on this day because he claims he 'hurt his back' vacuuming earlier in the day (no worries ladies, I'm not buyin' this load of horsepucky either)!


There are always a lot of turtles at this beach. And even though I'm not native Hawaiian, I'm pretty sure that based on my running speed, the turtle (honu) would be my aumakua (family god). So I had to honor this turtle who kept swimming by my feet by snapping a picture of him!

Ry and I posing in front of some prime Hawaiian real estate! Because I ran to the beach from my house (and met the boys there), I'm wearing my run-swim gear). Do you love my milky, white ample thighs? I do......not. How much does Photoshop cost anyway?! Or half a spray tan?!

One more gem of this beach- it's proximity to the harbor! Ryan loves boats, so we made a point of walking by all the boats afterward (I want to say Ryan was riveted, but his nose was buried in his cup of Cheerios and raisins and he barely noticed them)! Ah well...here's to more beach adventures this year! Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll start to grow on me!