Today Jeff and I visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation which we have said we wanted to visit, each trip to Hawaii as we passed it on the way to the North Shore. This time we actually made it. It was worth it just to see it and taste the fresh pineapple and the Dole Whip which you can allegedly get at the Dole Plantation. SO good. The most fun was selecting a pearl from a collection of oysters. This attraction they had conveniently situated just outside the entrance. While I knew they were cultured, and over priced, it was fun picking out the oyster, which had been dead for 1+ years, and I didn't have to touch it:-), hoping for the color pearl I wanted and seeing it revealed by the sales woman. See! Cool huh?
We learned that there are 28 varieties of pineapple, and somehow they grew differently that I had concocted in my mind, but they actually grow on top of a stalk, much like a flower. This shot was taken directly above t
he pineapple plant.
Jeff leaned to play the ukulele! This amongst others is available as you walk through the maze of various kinds of pineapples.
I shot some nasty looking, greedy fish, which Jeff claims is postcard perfect...for fish lovers I guess. You should have heard them making chompy., watery, squishy, gulp noises. YUCK!
After shopping for what seemed endless hours, ( I never could have imagined there were so many gifts with a pineapple theme!) we headed back for a bit of beach time in the later afternoon/evening. I relaxed on the beach, listened to a combination of the waves and my I-pod. VERY relaxing, I highly recommend it! Jeff took a walk and came upon a monk seal on the beach. So cute! He posed for me!
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