Sunday Early Edition

Wow!
Is it Sunday already?
Seems like it was just Sunday, like last Sunday.
Don't remember what happened in-between.
Oh wait.
Okay, I remember now.
I took a bunch of kids up to the North Shore:

Here we are on the bus heading out to Hale'iwa.
It was a 2.5 hour ride; we should have left earlier.
More on this later.
I was really anticipating this trip cause there were waves out there:

It was only about 6-8ft, the swell was coming down.
While I was watching the waves, the kids were off looking at dead fish:

I don't think they even walked on sand.
Go figure.
We just ended up taking some pics around the harbor:

Besides the boat harbor, Hale'iwa is a one strip town, mostly catering to tourists now.
Gone are most of the old school surf shops, replaced with gift shops and food places.
Some things are still the same:

Mostly though there's a ton of renovations going on with the old buildings taking on a newer look that only appears old.
Old Hale'iwa is slowly becoming the new old Hale'iwa.
If you know what I mean.
Anyways, we ended up mostly looking for someplace to eat; lunch and ice cream.
We didn't have much time to actually spend there as we needed to get back by a reasonable time.
The motley crew with the famous Hale'iwa bridge in the background:

I swear it looked like I was leading a tour group around.
Anyways, I think the kids had fun even if most of our time was spent on the bus.
A couple of them had never been out to that part of the island so it was nice for them.
We're already planning the next trip.