Tide and Temple

We had a lighthouse hike planned, but I really wanted to go see the Laie, HI temple. I also really waned to see the Pipeline and we heard from a fellow condo peep that the Master's Pipeline competitions last day was Wednesday. We changed our plan and headed to the North Shore. We had a gorgeous scenic route of the coast the whole time. I fell in love with the Laie Temple. It was so gorgeous and the spirit there was even more beautiful! We watched a little video in the visitor's enter about two prophecies given to this area by David O Mckay. One was that there would be plenty of water and the other that millions of people would come to visit the Polynesian Cultural Center. Seeing this video showing a dry island made me feel so grateful for it's lush beauty today and these prophecies have truly come to past. As we were leaving we saw a beautiful lighted design on the ground of bells which were carved out of dust by an unknown helper. I loved taking a picture of my little family of origin by the Christus. I wanted to go in and wanted my family to be there in that beautiful place with me. There is definitive feeling in Hawaii that must be experienced.

After the temple we made our way to the North Shore. We saw the world's best surfers. We waited as the humongous waves seem to swallow the surfer up and cheered proudly as the surfers made it through the pipeline and came out smiling. What a blessing it was to be there and it was said by the competition announcer that this heat was the best surfing he'd seen of the whole competition. We saw Kelly Slater score a 9.8 out of 10 on his ride. Surreal and so fun. The walk there we discovered a house of someones by the beach. There are many homeless because of the constant summer there. I felt for the natives and I loved the area. Too bad it is so tourist heavy, but I'm glad I was able to be a part of it all. We kept a pretty busy pace seeing everything, but enjoyed a yummy lunch at Tanya's favorite beach side joint, Kahukas. She says it is Her In-N-Out.