Schedule Change for 3rd Day

 First of all, we had to make a small schedule change for today. When we got up this morning, the first discovery was that it was more windy than normal and there clouds rolling in offshore. The TV news said there were trade wind warnings today with gusts up to 30 mph. We decided to change our scheduled drive around the island until tomorrow, and just do the beach today. Also, when we arrived home yesterday, the A/C didn't work - at all. I called the owner (Eva) who lives in the complex and explained the problem She came to our unit early this AM with her son (who also lives in Kailua and is an A/C expert) and they came around 8:30 AM. The prognosis, of course, was that the unit was dead and had to be replaced. We agreed to wait until tomorrow AM to have him install a replacement. 

So, we got ready for our discovery walk on the beach and left at around 11 AM. I took this initial shot of our complex from the beach:

The choice we had to make was - do we walk north:

or south. We chose to walk south and try to reach the Kailua Park which is in that direction:

It was a very nice walk and great exercise for us while getting a good feel for the area. There were many surfers and sail boarders, etc., all along the walk. This shot gives you some idea about the activity:

There was this particular guy that was coming in and had his wife (or friend) ready to help land this (I want to call it) kite:

They managed to get it under control and folded it enough to transport to their vehicle which was probably not far away.

We continued our walk and made it to just before the park area which amounted to about 2 miles from our starting point. So, we ended up walking about 4 miles total along the beach according to our maps application on the phone.

Josie picked up some Plumeria blossoms on the way home that were on the ground in many places along the way from trees that lined the beach:

Even though we had to change our schedule today, it was an interesting and fun day discovering the beach. The rest of the day was spent watching some TV (mostly football) and hearing about the 6.2 earthquake that occurred on the big island at around noon today. We felt nothing. We now wait for our "new" A/C in the morning before heading out out on our drive around the island....