We packed up a lunch and headed out. First stop, Dole Pineapple Plantation. They have a fairly large gift shop there and we spent a little time looking around there. They have just about anything you could think of there. The funnies thing was the macadamia nuts and cookies that were Spam flavored. If you don't know, Spam is quite common over here. They even sell Spam and eggs and other things at McDonalds for breakfast. It find it quite amusing. They also have a jeweler there, Maui Divers Jewelry and they sell all kinds of pearl jewelry. They also have the "Pick Your Own Pearl" thing where you pick an oyster from a bunch that they have and open it if there isn't a pearl, they let you pick another one. Whatever pearl is in it, you get to keep and they have a whole bunch of different settings you can have them set in. Last time I was here, I got a beautiful pink pearl that I had made into a pendant. I have always liked pearls but I have always wanted a black pearl. They are so pretty but they tend to be fairly expensive. Well, I picked my oyster and when they opened it, there was a fairly good sized black pearl in there. When I got my last pearl, I had wanted to have it set in a plumeria flower pendant but the size of the pearl just didn't work out that way. This pearl on the other hand fit perfectly! Of course as part of their sale pitch, they offer you oanother oyster if you have that one set. So I decided to go for it, as the setting was really pretty . I picked my next oyster, and low and behold, not only was it another black pearl, but they were twins! Two more black pearls!!! I decided to just have them set on some posts to have a pair of black pearl studs. So I get another pearl. They open it up and what do I get? Another set of twins!!! And what color are they? BLACK! My parents were kind enough to have them set in a pair of earrings to match my plumeria pendant. I was so happy! To think I have wanted a black pearl for so long and in one trip, I end up with 5 of them! Well, that's not the end of the story. My mom and also gotten a pearl, hers was a beautiful pink one that she had set in a ring. So after my streak of luck with picking the pretty pearls, they had me choose their second oyster. I picked it, they opened it... it was pink... TWINS! Set those as a pair of studs. Next oyster, the ladies there didn't let me pick but let me do the ceremony that they do when they open and oyster (tap the dish three times and say "Aloha!"). They crack it open, and what do we have? Another set of pink twins! No one could believe it, the chance of there being twin pearls in an oyster, somewhere around 5%, and we opened 4 oysters that had twins, two of which were black sets. Just so that you know, white is the most common color of pearls is white, the least common is black. The ladies that work there all kept saying I needed to head to Vegas because I was on a lucky streak. I don't know about that. I am not exactly a gambling type. I will post pictures of them tonight. The epoxy had to set for 24 hours so I will be able to take them out a bit later today.
After all that excitement, we went out and ate our lunch and headed in for desert, Dole Whip. That stuff is soooo yummy. I only know of three places you can buy it, Dole Plantation here on Oahu, Disneyland and Disney World. If only I lived a little closer to at least one of them.
We walked around a little bit looking at some of the pineapple plants. Here is a photo with some FAQ's about pineapple. And some photos of some pinapples growing.
We did more yesterday but we are getting ready to head out for the day. My post tonight will include the rest of yesterday as well as today.
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