We awoke late on our first morning, the effects of jet lag and a long first day and went off in search of breakfast. Janie had researched some breakfast locations, as this was a meal we often had trouble finding on other trips. Top on her list was Anna Miller's 24 Hour Restaurant in Aiea so we headed there. The boys sampled Macadamia Nut pancakes while Thomas feasted on pineapple.

Following breakfast, we took the top down on Buster and went for a drive along the east coast of Oahu. Our journey took us across H1 to the east shore, then up Route 93 through Waianae to Kaena Point State Park in the northeastern corner of Oahu. It was there we stopped, kicked off our shoes and spent our first moments walking along Hawaiian beach.

We hopped back in Buster and headed back down the coast. We made a quick stop at Target to put the top back on the car as it was getting very hot and to grab some drinks, before we headed off to the Dole Planation to see how pineapples were once harvested throughout Hawai'i.

After a quick walk through the Dole store, we headed outside for a journey through the Dole Pineapple Garden Maze, one of the largest mazes in the world. We did a pretty good job of navigating, only getting lost one time that required us to backtrack to the middle and work our way through again, but we found all of the checkpoints and then headed back to the store.

Our priority at the store was getting a "Dole Whip", a pineapple ice cream treat only found at Walt Disney World, Disneyland and here at the Dole Plantation.

Following our Dole Whip fix, we toured the plantation area to learn how pineapples used to be harvested and more information about pineapples than anyone ever wanted to know as we visited the pineapple gardens. The gardens were filled with local plants and flowers as well as providing a view of the former pineapple plantation. (Dole no longer grows pineapples on Oahu commercially as it is not economically feasible, they claimed.)

After the pineapple plantation, we continued to drive north along Kamehameha Hwy to the North Shore. We drove past Haleiwa planning to head to the Turtle Bay Resort for lunch. However, when we got there, we found all of the restaurants, except the pool bar, to be closed, as it was around 2PM. So we kept driving along Rte. 83 to the east side of the island, stopping here and there to look at the beaches, then came back into Waikiki, where we stopped for dinner at the Hula Grill in the Outrigger Waikiki hotel. We were seated at the waterfront, with a beautiful view of the ocean and had a wonderful dinner. From there, we walked along the strip in Waikiki for a little while, then headed back to our hotel for the night.