The Garden Island - South Coast

After awaking to a flock of crowing roosters, we realized that there was still a few hours until anyone in their right mind would be up and about. So, we sat around, read and had a lazing morning. Except for Danielle who made us all look bad and went for a run. I had a good excuse, I left my running shoes at home :)

At about 8:30 am we were ready to head out, the sun was out after an early morning rain. We headed straight for the beach in Poipu. The beach was great, Justin and I went snorkeling and then after about an hour and a half we needed a break from the sun! We went for lunch and then back to the suite to escape the mid-day sun.

In the late afternoon, we ventured out for a walk along the coast from Shipwreck Beach. About a mile in there were signs saying the trail was washed out so we had to turn back :(

The next morning, after once again rising at dawn ( a trend that lasted the whole vacation) we set out on a test hike for the "BIG hike" to come. We drove up to the top of the Waimea Canyon, and decided to hike down 2000ft into the canyon. The sun was hot and we were just dripping with sweat, but the views were amazing, interrupted occasionally by helicopters.

After a couple hours of hiking down, we arrived at the bottom of the canyon. We cooled ourselves in the river and sat down for some bagels and peanut butter. I personally was dreading the hike back up, but with great luck sky clouded over and it started to drizzle making the hike back up much more enjoyable. We arrived at the top in less time than it took us to hike down.

After the hike, we grabbed an ice cream at Lappert's and then headed to Kekeha beach. I would say that it was one of my favourite beaches, but I somehow managed to stub my little toe so hard that I required some medical attention ( Justin rushed back to the store and grabbed some band aids! )

The Garden Island - Arrival

Our trip to the Garden Island (Kaua'i) was more of an adventure than we could have imagined. We arrived on Friday April 27th, and headed for the Aloha Estates in Kalaheo. Upon arrival we found a note on the door, the owners were out but our suite was open for us around back. In our tired state we managed to lock ourselves out before we even got the door open. With nothing else to do our stomachs took over and we went on a search for some dinner. We found some beer and bagels and headed to the beach.

At first we found it odd that a chicken would be at the beach, but as we were to find out the next morning around 5am they are everywhere :)

After our evening picnic on the beach we returned to our apartment, the door was open and it was the perfect suite for us. A bed for each of us, a kitchen, a very nice lanai off the kitchen, and a rather odd bathroom. I believe our heads touched the pillows around 8:30pm and we were all asleep shortly after that.

One Week To Kaua'i

One week today we will be on our way to Kaua'i Hawaii! We're going to be hiking the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast. It should be an amazing hike, hope I can handle all the cliffs!

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