We got to the beach out on Old Airport Road yesterday with about an hour left of low tide. My plan was to hit the beach earlier but we had commerce to attend to. More specifically, we were on a search for a mortar and pestle. I made grilled shrimp on skewers a few nights back, yes, I actually cooked dinner for my husband, and I needed a mortar and pestle to smush kosher salt into chopped garlic. Every so often I discover we do not have an essential item at our vacation house.
Some people just stared at us when we asked if they carried such a thing in their store. They asked: what is it? One Asian store in Kona had woks, rice bowls, chopsticks, seaweed, all sorts of stuff, but no mortar and pestle. Nothing at Island Naturals. They suggested Pier I but no such luck. If you'd like to know where we found it, the answer is Target!
Still, by the time we reached Old Airport Road, it had not yet rained, despite a low cloud overcast. Plenty of time to dig around in tide pools to see what we could find. We didn't disturb anything, of course, just shot photos. You can see more photos and read about that adventure in my personal blog today at this link: Old Kona Airport Beach at Low Tide.
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