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In making a list of all the things we wanted to do while we were in Hawaii, eating lots of food was high on the list. The Eat the Street festival at Kaka'ako Park, featuring 40 different food vendors was a must do! There were so many places you weren't allowed to park nearby. Eventually we found a couple metered spaced a few blocks away. Surrounding the park along the street were a dozen food trucks, plus a lot more other booths in the grass. With a huge group like this, we're going to be able to get a lot of different things and split them. I was hoping to find some really good Kalua pork. What better place to have it at than the winner of Food Network's Great Food Truck Race season 4, Aloha Plate . Ian - Do you have any pineapples? I do have to say, the pork was some of the best I've tasted. Not just specialty foods here either. Abby enjoyed her tasty tea from Taste Tea. The group at the Mega-Load Burgers truck really know presentation. The triple stacked burger d

After having a day to recover at the house from the flight, we had quite the day planned. Yesterday we only had an hour to explore Hanauma Bay before it closed for the night. Today we were there before dawn. As a bonus, if you're there early enough, you don't have to pay to enter! All of us watched as the sun peeked over the horizon, giving us enough light to see all the fish.  The snorkeling here is pretty good as long as you go early enough. As the day goes on, the sand gets stirred up and makes the water more cloudy. There's all sorts of fish, but the reef can be a little rough. There's quite a few places where you're in 2 feet of water trying to swim along a large portion of rock, and then a wave comes and picks you up and then drops you down onto the corral. There were a few people from our group who came away with some good scrapes. Along with fish, there were a couple turtles and even an eel! Remember those waves? While observing the eel, one of those waves p