Day two of paradise

Day two of our adventure started off by taking the 8 hour Oahu city beach tour. It took us around the entire island.

 We went and seen all of the popular tourist sites. It was a lot of fun. We decided to go on this tour to find out where we wanted to go back when we had our rental car.

First up was the Blow Hole.

 Molten lava tubes from a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago formed the natural blowhole. The lava tubes extend to the ocean, and when the surf is right, the blowhole can shoot water up to 30 feet in the air.

 It's hard to see, but there was a huge sea lion on up on the shore.

This was the only day that we had rain. It only rained for about 15-20 min and then it was blue skies for the entire rest of our trip!

Along our tour we came across what looked like a pineapple growing in a tree. Our tour guide even told us that it was a pineapple. I was so confused because I had thought that pineapples are grown from the ground. Sure enough after I took my picture and got back on the bus, the tour guide spilled the beans and told us it was a fake!  

Here is some bamboo growing in the jungle.

One of our stops was at the macadamia nut factory. Can you say yum! They had about 7 different flavored macadamia nuts.  

At the nut factory we saw this beautiful flag. A local who was selling coconuts had this up because his son plays football for the University of Utah. At this moment, we felt like we were home lol  

At the Dole plantain, I took the advice to try their pineapple ice cream. Can you say wow! It was so yummy. In fact, writing about it makes me want some right now!

Here is a real pineapple. They grow in the ground not in a tree. 

Sunset Beach

One stop on our tour was to the Laie Temple. By the raise of hands on the tour bus, Morgan and I were the only members on the bus. So different from being in Utah.

The Temple grounds were beautiful. We didn't have much time to spend at this stop, so Morgan and I went back and did a session the next day. It was gorgeous inside too!