Hawaii - Day 7

This was the most perfect day of our trip. We loved every minute of it. After a quick breakfast we headed out to the North Shore for our Shark dive. Yep...Josh and I swam in a shark cage. It was amazing! We hopped on a boat and went about 3 miles offshore. We snorkeled in the shark cage while it floated on top of the ocean. Of course it was the first day the big swells came in, so the water was pretty rough. We all got a little sick, but it was well worth it. We got to spend about 20 minutes in the cage. We bought the video that they took of us and it was so fun to watch. Our waterproof camera took some pretty good pictures. We even saw a Barracuda fish. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

After we were done we headed over to the Waimea Valley to hike to the Waimea waterfall. It was about a 30 minute walk to get there, and it was beautiful. It's what you would picture a tropical rain forest to look like. We loved walking slow and just spending that time together. Once we got to the waterfall we went swimming and relaxed a bit. It was sprinkling while we were swimming, which made it that much more amazing.

 After we left Waimea we headed down the North shore and found a beach to stop and watch the waves at. The whole drive to the North Shore in the morning we couldn't stop watching the waves since it was the first big swell of the season. The waves were enormous. We couldn't believe people were venturing out into them just to get tossed around pretty violently. I tried to convince Josh to get it, but he wouldn't do it without me and being pregnant I wasn't comfortable getting beat up like that. So we set out our towels and watched.

 The lifeguards were pretty vocal about all the warnings. They kept coming on the speaker reminding people you couldn't get in if you didn't have fins, and kids couldn't get close. At one point they mentioned a series of big swells were on their way, and we just thought...how much bigger can they get??? Well...we should have listened. Before we knew it a couple of huge waves crashed in and came up the shore about 30 feet farther then they were reaching just minutes before. We got soaked. Our phones, camera, towels...everything. We were SO lucky that our phones kept working and I was able to get all the sand out of my camera. I happened to snap a photo right when the water was getting us.

 We continued watching for a few minutes until it started raining. The rainbow was beautiful and we just stood in the rain taking it all in.

 We stopped at the Dole Plantation on the way home for a dole whip, but unfortunately they were closed. Oh well. Next time :)

Once we got home we quickly showered and headed out for dinner. We decided to eat at the hotel's buffet. Josh had been wanting to eat there all week. Of course it was seafood night :( and I for some reason was slightly nauseous so I didn't eat that much. What a great day! We finished it off by watching another movie!