March 6, 2022 – Out & About

Fun Food and Two Fun Buildings

Matt ate at the Shrimp Station and then we walked down the street so I could get a meal. While we were waiting, we took this picture (note the different kind of Loco Moco.)

I love how the plate lunch always comes with rice and macaroni salad. We also sampled the local beverages.

While we waited for and I ate my food (outside) I had ample opportunity to notice how the building across the street had a roof that doesn’t match its footprint. What a fun design!

On the way back we saw a truck decorated with pineapples and got these delicious desserts. Thanks, Pineapple in Paradise!

Then we drove further down the road and I snapped a picture of this churchIt doesn’t look quite as amazing from this angle.

But look at it from the side!

Makauwahi Cave Reserve Tortoises

Had we not gone on the tour, we might have missed the tortoises. Thankfully our tour guide clued us in that the tortoises are used to clear land so native plants can survive. They take the place of a bird that became extinct. And we got to see them!

There were about 20 of them and each one had its own pen. They were very pretty.

I loved the plating on their legs.

We walked past many of the pens.

There was also this beauty.

And we saw two different kinds of lizards. This one had a red throat.

And this blurry picture shows how well this one blended into its surroundings.

Makauwahi Cave Reserve Hike

Our route to the cave reserve took us through the Tree Tunnel, which was a grand gateway, as cited by this website.

We had a short walk from where we parked to the view of the ocean.

And then we took an interpretive hike to get to the Makauwahi Cave. There were many informative signs about the flora.

Our first sighting of Makauwahi Cave came from above. As you can see, it ‘s not as much of a cave as it once was.

We had to crawl through a tunnel (for about four feet) to get on the inside.

Once in, we wandered right into a tour that was just starting and learned that the cave roof collapsed 7000 years ago and formed a lake. From the fossil record in what was the lake comes information about what species were on the island prior to contact.