But today was a fairly short day.

This morning we got up very early (okay, about the normal time) and had yummy breakfast before going to the kayak place to rent a kayak and paddle up river a couple miles, then get out and hike another mile or so, to get to the beautiful (not-so-) Secret Falls, where we ate sandwiches for lunch.  On the return trip, we learned that our direction is easier to hold when we put cedarfoxy in front, so when next we do a tandem kayak, I'll remember that.  I'll also remember to front-load the ibuprofen unless I've been doing significantly more regular upper-body workouts (which is to say, any).  We took an abundance of pictures of the native flora and the water features.

As we returned from there to the condo, we stopped at the grocery for frozen berries (smoothies) and garlic (steak) and a few other things.  We also stopped at the shave ice place in the same shopping strip -- because it had been recommended as the best on the island by the tour guide of our tubing adventure a couple days ago.  Apparently they use fresh juices from fruit they get from local farmers instead of commercial high fructose syrups.  Anyway, they were delicious.  I got a "Root beer float" shave ice, and cedarfoxy got a "Lava flow".  They start with shave ice and add the juice, and then for presentation they add one or more add-ons -- mine had a "snow cap" (sweetened condensed milk) and cedarfoxy's had haupia foam (whipped coconut milk).  Annnnd when I looked up their website to see if I could find a menu to get those details, it turns out they have a Portland location!

Then we ate some chicken (finally!) and did a little laundry and watched a few movies and ate some steak (finally!) and sweet potato.  Now I just have to mow through three pounds of tiny bananas in three days.