Hawaii: Part 7 -- Church, Kahuku Farms, Waimea Falls, etc.

You'll be happy to know that the Hawaii blog-fest is coming to a close soon...just a couple more now!   This was our last full day on Oahu and we used it as a day to eat up our leftovers, pack up, and get a couple more things crossed off our list.   

SUNDAY, MAY 29

• Since it was our last day on Oahu, we were trying to use up our food and ended up eating leftovers for breakfast.  😋
  
  
• We got dressed up in our Sunday best and went to church at the Kahuku 4th ward.   Jan Newman of the General SS presidency was there and gave a talk.  His talk was good, but one of the other random speakers gave one of the best talks I'd heard in a very long time.  😀
  
  
• My friend, Wendy Richards, highly recommended eating at Kahuku Farms while we were in Oahu, so it was top on my list of places to try.  Unfortunately,  it is only open limited hours and wasn't super close to many of the other activities we were doing, so it never fit into our schedule until today!  It was worth the wait though!    It was absolutely DELICIOUS, super gluten friendly, farm fresh, and my only regret was that we didn't try it earlier, because we totally would have come back again!  

• After thoroughly enjoying the deliciousness of Kahuku Farms, we headed back to the house, changed out of our Sunday clothes, packed up our stuff, and played some pickleball

• Only about 5ish minutes from the house we were renting, we'd been driving by signs for Waimea Falls all week long without ever stopping.   Today was the day though!   We finally had some open space in our schedule, so off we went to explore for the low low price of only $20/person (only $16 for students).  😒 

With all wide, paved trails and only small hills along the way, the hike itself wasn't very challenging. And it was hard not to laugh at the fact that they required life preservers if you wanted to swim in the water at the base of the waterfall.  😂

But what was worth the money and hype was all the amazing flora and fauna  along the side trails along the way!   Seriously....GORGEOUS!!! 

 I took a gazillion pictures along the way and couldn't believe all the unique and beautiful variety of 

• After the hike we got back to our car and were greeted by this gorgeous fellow, looking like he was standing guard for us!  

• After the Falls, we headed to Pupakea Beach...also very near the house...and just had fun swimming, boogie boarding, collecting shells, and soaking up the Hawaii sun (with sunblock on...of course).    

• After the beach, we headed back to the house for our last night of pickle ball, a dinner of leftovers, and a rousing game of Dixit. 
  
  
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