Secret Beach
We decided to try Plan A from Wednesday on Thursday and enjoyed some success this time. We had nice sun for the early part of Wednesday and drove to Secret Beach.
Once there, we easily made the 10 minute hike down to the beach. It was mostly shaded and we either used roots or man-made steps to ease the straight-down hike to the beach.
When we hit the sand, we decided to take a left toward the Secret Lava Pools, but did not walk all the way there. Instead, we walked a quarter of the way there and decided to camp out on the beach. It took us a while to settle down because the beach was so dramatic. The waves were quite large and mesmerizing.
To our right was a nice long-range view of the Kilauea Lighthouse perched on top of a peninsula. We spent a couple of hours there really relaxing and enjoying some rare beach time.
The way out wasn’t so enjoyable as it was practically straight up! Downhills equals uphills is the formula I used to use when jogging a lap around a block. We certainly paid the piper on the way out. But it was more than worth it.
On a side note, my sinusitus case has all but cleared up. I was feeling 100% better the day after my unexpected trip to the doctor (Tuesday). So we were only slowed down on Tuesday, though unfortunately, that was a great sun day that we missed.