February 26 - Drive on North Shore, again

     Our Airbnb was fairly close to the North Shore, so we headed back north, since we hadn't explored the western end yet.

 Kealia Beach - one of many long, sandy beaches with few people on the west end of the North Shore.

 Almost as cool as kitty-litter-box panniers.  A surfboard carrier.

The coastline is lined with small to medium sized homes, so access is on narrow right aways.

The road heading out to Ka'ena Point - the northwest corner of Oahu - ends at a restricted 4WD path.  We hiked a little way along the road and checked out these deeply eroded exposed coral beds.

 There's no sandy beach along here.

 We thought these were beds of lava when we first arrived.  But on closer inspection you can see the coraline nature of the rock.

One of the few terrestrial creatures in Hawaii that can hurt you.

Offshore a humpback whale waves at us ...

 ... then leaps out of the water to see what we're doing.

Unexpected Oahu.  A repeated theme, since we were unprepared at how beautiful the island is.  This is along the drive back to our place through the center part of the island.