Visiting the Valley of the Priests
Hawaii’s north shore is legendary for frighteningly tall waves and daredevil surfers. The crowds that come to watch join competitors filling the town with color and noise. During the off-season, it’s another place entirely. There’s a quiet grace in this verdant corner of the world. The docks hold fishing boats of mostly the sporting kind and you can even dive with Galapagos Sharks not far from the channel mouth – in a cage that is. Local kids dodge paddle boarders as they jump off the small town bridge to cool off in the waters below.