Kauai Update

Sorry I haven’t posted since our helicopter trip! 

On Wednesday we drove up to the North shore of Kauai and had dinner in a super cute town called Hanalei.  If that sounds familiar, it’s the name of the town in Puff the Magic Dragon, although the author says he didn’t pick it for the town in Kauai. 


Kilauea Lighthouse  


Kilauea wildlife refuge.  It’s a seabird sanctuary. 



Hanalei Bay


View from the beach at Hanalei Bay. 


Our entertainment at Tahiti Nui in Hanalei. These two aunties were fantastic!

Thursday was Ted’s last day at his course so we checked out of our condo in Poipu to move further down the coast to Barking Sands Beach Cottages on the US Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility.  It’s where the US Navy tests missiles that would intercept incoming missiles to the US. 


On our way we stopped at a Saimen lunch counter. Really tasty!!  Saimen is ramen like. 


Wine on our porch at Barking Sands, not a bad view!!


Our beach till Sunday. 


I found a perfect perch while the boys swam!




A beautiful sunset over Niihau. Niihau is one of the 8 hawaiian islands but it is privately owned and has very few residents. It’s 17 miles off Kauai. 

Today we had a chill morning drinking some amazing coffee we had bought at Thunder Mountain in Kona after our tour.  I finally realize the difference between a really good coffee and what I normally drink lol!  Listening to the waves and drinking delicious coffee was a fantastic start to the day.  Our next stop was Waimea Canyon, also called the Grand Canyon of the Pacific!


First stop, G’s juice bar!  Not our favorite açaí bowls but we loved the name!




It was actually not raining but this is supposedly one of the wettest spots on earth, the top of Wai’ale’ale. 






We went off road for a bit. 


Somewhere in the middle of the woods!


Waipoo Falls. We flew super close to this in the helicopter!


A rainbow in the falls!


A really cool stream through the red lava rock. 


Silly boys!


The valley below. 


King of the world!

Tonight we are heading into Hanapepe to check out the town and have dinner.  Currently I’m laying on our porch while the boys try to keep the chickens away lol!  Kauai has a ridiculous number of chickens, more than any of the other islands!


Up to no good!





 

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