Laniakea Beach: Take 2

Hey Everybody,

So I had a long day today. I went with my friends, Alex, Tami, and Lauren to Laniakea Beach again. This time hoping to see a turtle out of the water and we not only saw one but we saw four out of the water.

Since we were going to get there a little bit earlier than when the turtles normally come out of the water we decided to go past the beach and go into Haleiwa to Matsumoto's for some good shave ice. This time I got a small Hawaiian (coconut, banana, and pineapple) shave ice with condensed milk on top. It was pretty good but I don't think I would get it with condensed milk again because it covers up the taste of the syrup. After waiting for what seemed like forever we finally got back on the Bus to go back to the beach.

When we arrived there was one turtle chillin' out on the rocks eating some algae. We hung out by him for quite some time before deciding that we were hot and needed to take a swim. Once we put our stuff done by the other part of the beach and were about to get in the water two more sea turtles were coming out of the water so I had to get some pictures. Then Tami and I swam for a while to cool off and during that time a third turtle came out of the water which I got pictures of after we were done swimming. Here's some pictures of the turtles.

This was the first turtle we saw on the beach that day. It was just sitting on the rocks eating the green algae and letting the waves wash over him.
This is me infront of the first turtle we saw.
These two turtles began to come out of the water as we were about to get in the water. So we delayed our swim to get some pictures. It was so cool to see them come out of the water.While Tami and I swam a third turtle came out of the water. Below is a whiteboard that the volunteers put the names of the different turtles up on the beach.After enjoying the turtles we made our way back along the North Shore to stop for dinner at Giovanni's Shrimp Truck. It's a place that the locals rave about. We got 3 plates of shrimp and rice to share between the 4 of us. Here's some pics from dinner. The first picture is of the truck that they serve from. People that eat there can sign the truck but we didn't have a marker with us. Next time we eat there we won't be forgetting that. The next picture is of one of the plates we got. It was delicious. The last picture is of Tami, Lauren, and Alex at the table after finishing our dinner.

Laniakea Beach was definitely more of a success this time around. I'll be going back to that beach. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses. Jessica :) (Here's a pic of the sunset we watched at Giovanni's)