8 years?!

We got up and had breakfast with everyone early at the hotel. The fruit here is unparalleled. We decided to head out to explore a bit together. That was a mistake as everyone else on the planet had the same idea. You've never seen traffic until you've been to Honolulu. We stopped at one beach but it cost money to snorkel there so we kept moving. We stopped in at Sandy Beach to see the seal for a bit.

The Monk Seal moved!!

Responding to Jackson making noise 

We saw a man walking his PIGS on the beach

 We watched the seal and then Jackson, while clapping sand off his sandals to put them away, startled it and he looked up. I felt bad that he was scared but happy to see his little face. We wanted to wade in the surf but as we did the lifeguards made an announcement about that particular beach holding the record for broken backs, broken necks and drownings. We opted to head back to a calmer beach at that point. We sat in traffic for another 1.5 hours to go about 10 miles. I'm not kidding. There wasn't even construction. That was just a Saturday. The weather and the scenery here are unbeatable but holy cow they've got to figure out transit.

We took a little break to watch some college football before heading down to the beach behind our hotel. We decided to celebrate our anniversary that evening since Jackson will be traveling on the actual day (November 18th).

Love bugs

We had dinner at the beach again because it was so good. We got to see the sunset this time which was awesome.

Dinner with a view

Gorgeous sunset

We went down to Kalakaua Ave. to do some people-watching and have dessert. The shopping there is amazing. Think of any expensive designer and they have a store there. There were people from all over the world just dropping massive amounts of money. It was just wild.

Jackson with a DC in a rocking chair...life is good

We walked along the beach for a bit before heading back to our hotel for the evening. We were in bed by 9 p.m. because we're old here. Ha! :) Our flight leaves at 8 p.m. local time this evening so here's hoping it is easy and uneventful.