Turtles, Pineapples and Pearl Harbor

None of the items listed in the title are connected, but the title summarizes are adventures for the day.  Ryan drove us out to the North shore of Oahu, to the town of Hale'iwa. 

On a beach near the town we looked for some sea turtles.  Unfortunately, the strong surf does not seem to agree with the turtles.  The few that we saw kept getting flipped over by the waves, probably not a pleasant experience even for the turtles.  However, the heads of the turtles occasionally sticking out of the water were still pretty cute. 

Since I could not get a photo of a sea turtle,
I took a photo of a crab running nearby on the beach

We tried to look for surfers at the Waimea Beach, but the waves were not very high, and the surfers were mainly wading in the water looking for bigger waves. 

On the way to Hale'iwa, we stopped at the Dole Plantation of pineapples.  For some reason I always assumed that pineapples grew on trees.  I'm not sure where that conviction of mine came from, but I was quickly proven wrong. 

Nick and Ryan in front of the entrance to the Dole Plantation

In the afternoon, we visisted Pearl Harbor and saw the USS Arizona memorial.

USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated in 1962

Oil still leaking from USS Arizona
(sunk on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor)