Up early, I did a bit more work. I got some coding done and got a
build off an running before rushing out the door – I’m a bit curious
to see if it worked, so I hope I can spend a bit of time looking at
that tonight.
Anyway, we made it out the door at about 7am. We had to be at the
place at 8:45am for the check-in, and it is about an hour or an hour
and a half to the ranch, so we should have been ok. I punched
everything into the GPS and we looked good, but it was putting us
there at about 9:15am. Shoot. So I tried to go a bit quick. It took
me about an hour to realize that the GPS unit was reading the time an
hour fast – probably something to do with daylight saving’s time.
Well, we didn’t get pulled over, so all’s well that ends well. We
even had a bit of time to stop at 7-11 and get a coffee. Risa got a
Spam Musubi. Cool. She said it was good.
Up at the ranch we were about twenty minutes early. So pretty good,
all told. The horse ride was very nice. I’ll write a bit more about
that later.
1.1 Horse riding at Happy Trails in Hawaii
So I set us up with a ride at Happy Trails on Oahu, a nice little
ranch up on the North Shore. I think Risa has done one of these horse
riding things once before, and I’ve done one out in Texas. It is
generally really nice: get on a horse, and ride around for an hour or
two. Enjoy the view, enjoy riding on a horse, and have a nice time.
Maybe your butt gets sore.
I don’t really have much else to say: I really liked the company, we
had a great time, and it was a lot of fun. There is at least one
other place on Oahu that does horse rides, but it sounds to me like
they are a more touristy place. This place was small, and the people
were very friendly.
1.2 Shrimp (lots of) at Romy’s Shrimp
We stopped for lunch at Romy’s Shrimp. We had shrimp. Lots and lots
of shrimp. It was very good, but a lot of work: we had to peel it
ourselves. Our hands were just a mess by the time we were done. It
was very nice though. I don’t think I’ll need shrimp for a while
though.
After that we drove along, and stopped at a random beach. Really
nice, great waves. The north shore looks like it has some great
beaches. I found a Fugu washed up on the shore. Crazy.
We then headed to the closest shopping center to try to find some
swimsuits. Risa doesn’t like the one that I brought so I need to get
one that meets her approval. We didn’t find anything at Ross (did get
some cheap shorts and beach towels though) and now I am writing up the
events of the past few days at a Starbucks. We’ll head out in a bit
to look for more swimsuits.
We eventually found a nice suit for Risa at the Hip Up store on Waikiki,
and then went home for a relaxing evening for sleep.
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