Monday we took a tour of the "Other side" of the Island. The west side. It is a very interesting change to the east side. The air is dry, the mountainside is dry, and it looks like the checkbook on this side is dry too. Many peoples homes consist of cardboard boxes, tents, and a fishing line. They all fish for food and live on a beachfront community. Fresh food and community sounds like a pretty great way to live.....maybe they are happier in life than many of us. As you drive north along the west coast, the pavement ends and a dirt road exists for much of the way to the point. We drove a ways down, parked and hiked the remaining 2 miles or so. The coastline breathtaking and quiet.
At the end of the road where Arnie performed the most amazing tasks, balancing on a rock doing tree pose sideways-- look above, amazing. Anyway, the rocks above Arnie are where the seals come to sunbath. We met up with a native that told us that there are only 1200 seals around Hawaii, they are all numbered and named. Only a little over 100 live on the Island of Oahu. We bouldered hopped around played in the ocean and returned back from the "Other Side".
Oh yeah, Dad on the way back we discovered the field of poles....Very interesting government experiment being done on this Island.
