Time was too short for our 2 1/2 days on Kauai, the garden isle. The boys had recommended seeing Waimea Canyon, heading North to Ke'e Beach, with a stop, of course, at the Princeville Resort. We tried to make them proud.
I had a little car surprise, Frank arranged a Jeep Wrangler for our time on the island. The guy at Alamo said, treat it like rental and you can make it to the top of Weimea Canyon in an hour. We did it! My tummy was a little upset by the curves heading up the mountain, but we made it. The views were spectacular and we met our first wild rooster, who at 5:00 at night was squawking like it was 5:00 in the morning. Crazy!
We stayed in Kapa'a at the Island Quest resort on the beach and thanks to a defective air conditioner we got upgraded from a partial view (i.e. lean out from your balcony with a friend holding your feet-and-you can see the ocean), to a room looking out on the beach. Gorgeous!
Kauai is gorgeous. Enough said. Based on a recomendation by Frank's friend Kay, we headed to Lihua for breakfast at Tip Top! I braved the Loco Moco, a local favorite, while Frank kept it simple with pancakes. With our stomachs full, we went to see a couple of waterfalls that the Alamo guy recommended, including the falls featured in the opening sequence of Fantasy Island.
At our second falls for the day, an older woman asked if we smoked grass. We politely declined, had a laugh, as she propositioned the next people walking by, and almost drove off the road when we saw her license place "U Saved?" Our grass growing Granny is also a friend of the big "J"!
From there, our day was spent wandering up the coast, we stopped at Kilauea Light House, saw a few whales off the coast line, Anini Beach, stopped off at the Princeville Resort, and finally hiked along the edge of K'i Beach the end of the road.
One of my favorite places was the dry cave. When you walk out, it looks just like the paintings of dead people walking toward the light. After a few hits ... Granny probably sees the lord!
Kauai ... just a touch of paradise. Close your eyes and you can hear the surf crash against the shore. Aloha.
