our vacation - part 2

Ethan and I went on a train ride while we were vacationing. It's the only place on the island that has trains, and Ethan was so excited when we drove by. It was a 90 minute train ride that went along the southwestern shore on Oahu. We had a tour guide that talked the whole time and told us all about the history and vegetation facts along the way. And then when we got to the end we walked to the other side of the train car and sat down as it traveled back the same way it came. It was actually really interesting and entertaining....except for the hard bench seats that we sat on. Maybe when Jude gets bigger we'll do it again.

This wasn't the train we rode on but they had quite a few retired train cars and engines that we got to see.
It was great to have the beach right out our back door. Jude had his first experience of playing in the sand. He was quite mesmerized at first and then he put a fist full in his mouth and wasn't so happy about that. So our play time didn't last too long. You can tell we are all a bunch of fair skinned Haole (what Hawaiians call the white people)....with our hats and sun shirts.