Blogs from Kaneohe Sandbar, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America

PIPELINE MASTERS Yay, we ALL finally got to go and see what the hype was all about! and man, it was insane.. Huge waves, loads of people and even more cameras! Big time lens envy let me tell you!! I looked like a freak show getting down to the water's edge with the big moon boot but hey, what can you do.. Probably the worse thing was the tide coming up whilst we were sitting on the beach - a big wooooosh of water and gritty sand, saved the camera but the boot didn't quite get out in time.. We didn't get to see Mick Fanning (that's the boys goal) today but saw Kelly Slater, Taj Burrows and Joel Parkinson (among others), we missed seeing the 17 year old WA surfer that was only just defeated ... read more

While Judy continued to work...I continued to play! :-) I drove up the Kamehameha Hwy to Kane'ohe to Kualoa Ranch. This is where I spent most of the day. Walking around the ranch, seeing the little area where they held animals such as goats, turtle, and ostrich. There were a few chickens and roosters running around as well. This ranch is still a working ranch with cattle. It is about 4000 arces and founded in 1850. Other than a working cattle ranch Kualoa has expanded it's role to the home of many film shoots including Jurassic Park, Journey to the Earth, Pearl Harbor, and 50 First Dates. While here at the ranch I did three tours; the Jungle Expedition, Movie Sites, and a Horseback Tour. The Jungle Expedition took us around to different areas of the ... read more