Friday, 21 February 2014

February 21, 2014

Kauai

The first morning with rain,
so we decided to go for a great breakfast by the sea!

Ki'i Pohaku - Wailua River State Park
It rained so hard all night that all the creeks and rivers were roaring with red water 
from all the red dirt.  This picture shows the fight where the river meets the ocean.  
The river was roaring so hard that a log pushed through the ocean waves.

Two petroglyphs we found at Wailua River State Park

The rising river from all the rain.  The brown colour is from the red dirt.


Wailua Falls - after the tropical rain.
Again - red from the red dirt!
This was Wailua Falls a few days ago.

The Pride of America cruise ship is pulling up the anchor.
Many locals meet every week when the ship departs to wave goodbye.





Kalapaki Beach with a red ocean from the storm.


Shave ice for lunch?




With all the red dirt we thought we'd check out Red Dirt Shirts from the show "Dirty Jobs".



The salt pond at Salt Pond Park



The beach at Salt Pond Park.
Great spot for swimming with mostly locals enjoying the area.


"shhhh - I'm sleeping....", says the baby monk seal.

Hanapepe Friday Art Walk



Great food at these tents - burgers, pie...

Hanapepe Swinging Bridge - built 1911



View from the swinging bridge.




The owner of this house made a children's paradise in his back yard.
The box in the picture is around a little gate for kids, which is within the big gate.
Home of Storybook Theatre of Hawaii and Russell da Rooster.
There is a beautiful garden and a theatre for children's plays.


Good night!

























Thursday, 20 February 2014

February 20, 2014

Kauai

John watches the NCL cruise liner "Pride of America" come into port at sunrise.


Kalapaki Beach

Menehune Fishpond

Meanwhile, Leah is in  the lobby checking to see if Averi messaged in the night.
The lobby is the bottom of the building.
A morning visitor.

The grounds and pool area.

Our breakfast spot.
We spent many mornings eating breakfast on this log by the ocean!

Twice a year they trim the palm trees.

In Kauai, there are roosters EVERYWHERE!

No day is complete without fresh fruit from the market.

Time for shave ice - YUM!

Tunnels Beach
Leah follows a fish along the drop off.  
The dark water is a steep drop off, the bottom of the ocean is so deep it is out of sight.
This fish would not go on the deep water side.


Rubie?  Did you come to Kauai?

An outrigger tour arrives at the beach.  They paddled the Napali Coast.


John hiked the Kalalau Trail to the Hanakapi'ai Beach.
Leah joined along for all the major viewpoints 
and then hiked back to read on Ke'e Beach.

Ke'e and Tunnels Beach



The Napali Coast!  Stunning!

John arrives at the beach.
With this warning - no swimming here!

Big waves!  Strong current!


Stunning everywhere.

This is the Hanalei Town main road.
The arrow points to Tahiti Nui Restaurant,
this restaurant was featured in the movie:  
The Descendants

At this lookout a newlywed couple - literally married a few hours earlier
asked us to take wedding photos for them.  Gorgeous spot!