A Beautiful Drive in Kauai
Saturday August 2, 2014.
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| Our first stop was the Fern Grotto. |
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| First we rode a boat up the Wailua River then we went on a short walk through this beautiful park to the Fern Grotto. |
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| It looks a lot different than I remember from my visit with my husband in 1979. |
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| I was told that that hurricane Eniki caused major damage and closed the cave that you used to be able to walk through. |
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| Sharon and I in front of the Fern Grotto. |
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| It was pretty, but not as pretty as I remembered. |
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| Pictures from our walk back to the boat. |
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| An exceptionally beautiful flower. |
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| The boat we came up the river on. |
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| We even had entertainment traveling back down the river. |
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| The view from the lookout at Wailua Falls. |
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| Wailua Falls, featured on the old TV Show, Fantasy Island. |
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| Next we drove up to Kilauea Point and took these pictures from the lookout there. |
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| We were about one half hour too late to be able to walk out to the lighthouse. They were closing when we got there. I guess we need to go again! |
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| This is a Lauhala Tree. Lauhala is dried and used for weaving baskets, fans, flowers, mats and other items. |
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| Next we drove on a beautiful drive up North to Hanalei Valley. |
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| You can see Hanalei Bay in the background. |
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| Hanalei Valley is about the most beautiful valley I can ever remember seeing. |
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| A secluded beach on the way to Hanalei Valley. |
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| One of the many beautiful views as we drove. |
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| Ke'e Beach is at the end of the road. It is where they filmed part of South Pacific. |
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| At the end of the road at the north side of Kauai is a hiking trail. |
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| We didn't even make it to Ke'e Beach View. |
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| These signs may have influenced our decision not to go up. |
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| This is the beginning of the trail. Two 67 year old ladies in sandals didn't think it was wise to go farther. |
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| A wet cave along the drive that had a warning sign. Hazardous bacteria in water. |
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| Bali Hai from the song in South Pacific. |
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| Our rental car on Kauai. |
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| We thought this was a cute church. |
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| Another view of Hanalei Valley from a different lookout. |
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| Just beautiful! |
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| More beauty. |
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| We took a Sunday drive through the Tunnel of Trees again. (August 3, 2014) |
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| Sunset back at out little apartment in Oahu. Sunday August 3, 2014. |
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This is what is nicknamed "The Coops" because it is so small, like a Chicken Coop. We stayed there the last 2 nights in Oahu. Other Sisters had moved into our bedrooms as soon as we left for our vacation. |
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| You can't beat the view from the back side of "The Coops" Looking left. |
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| Left middle view. |
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| View slightly to the right. |
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| View to the right. (Standing outside in front of the cloudy picture window of our "Coop.") |
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| My last sunrise in Hawaii. (Tuesday August 5, 2014) I took my folding lawn chair out on the grass behind "The Coops" and enjoyed watching the sunrise and this boat sailing by as the sun came up. |
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| What a beautiful sunrise. |
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| I will miss the ocean and the beautiful sunrises and sunsets. |
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| I love the reflection of the sun on the water. |
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| Good-bye Hawaii. |
