Hawaii 5 o

Chilling in paradise! No pressure but ongoing feud between Alec and Luca…our boys are great but sometime relentless
Day 1,We went for a big hike with friends Mike and Maureen from New Smyrna , had a great time and it was big discovery to see those bunkers protecting Hawaii from a foreign invasion.
Evening was a delight thanks to Dan and Kathy Harrington (part timer between Hawaii and New Smyrna Florida) who invited us to a great dinner at the outrigger Canoe Club. We met their lovely son Patrick and had a wonderful time watching sunset on the deck of the restaurant while eating great food!

Day 2 was very humbling since we went for the surfing experience, we tried paddle surfing which is very hard and only little Luca was able to ride a wave , thanks to daddy’s help! (me)
We were very tired and were looking for a good meal away from the Waikiki standard..
I did remember seeing a hole in the wall couple miles from our hotel while we were taxiing from airport.
We left for a long walk along the canal admiring the outrigger canoes team practicing and finally found our target dodging rain shower…..Here we were at ONO, one of the oldest 100% Hawaiian restaurant with ratings that would make any restaurant owner die for!
The experience was fantastic, best home made type of food we had for a long time from Hawaiian pork to coconut cake….even the kids loved it all. Funny but the restaurant was taking only cash and we had to be careful since I did not have much…it was so good that we will go back tomorrow
Day 3 started with a big crisis since I bought Donuts for the kids breakfast 2 days in a row…Carol wanted to kill me but changed her mind after realizing she would be left with the 2 kids……………….alone
Then we went for a big hike after a long public bus trip…always exciting!
Moana Falls was use by Spielberg for 1 of the Jurassic park and was an easy sell for the kids once they realized we would not see dinosaurs. Great hike, very muddy and rainy at time..it was a complete different environment! Jungle, mosquitoes and rain forest! Luca and Alec were the usual trooper and beside of trashing our gears in the mud it was a complete success.
Evening was back at ONO for an even better meal…since we realized it was a BYOB and got beer and wine to top a great dinner.
Day 4 was the big travelling day! We rented a car and went around the island searching for the best cliff jumping (the 3 boys love that stuff). The icing on the cake was a visit at local North Shore Motocross track where Alec and I drooled over a great track!
Oahu is SO beautiful we could stop our trip here and say we already had enough! A great place, fantastic scenery, nice people (beside of old lady in the bus)
WE will be back in Hawaii and have dinner at ONO again…..MAHALO