Dole Plantation

I took the boys on a fun little trip on Monday up to Dole plantation where they have (what else) pineapples! This was a lot of fun for a morning outing. Here are the kids outside the entrance (don't they look thrilled to be here!). This is Adam's standard picture face lately...

They have a little train that goes around the plantation, which is half the reason we went here - to ride the train.

The train ride went past orchards that had all different kinds of tropical fruit trees, and then it went out into the fields of pineapple. For those who haven't seen what a pineapple looks like when it grows, here it is. The pineapples are kind of perched on a sturdy stalk up above the foliage. Kind of like a flower stem, but instead there is a big pineapple sitting on top.The view from the plantation train ride was beautiful with the mountains in the backdrop.
The plantation also has a gardens with lots of plants that you typically see grown in gardens around here. I enjoyed this so I could put a name to some of the plants I see around. The kids liked the paths that looped around and the fish pond.
They had a great snack bar where we got a plate lunch and then, of course, we had to get the frozen pineapple dessert. They were quite tasty, almost worth the trip just for the pineapple ice cream.