Monday: The boys went golfing on a municipal course in Kapa'a and Tiff and I went shopping. Needless to say there is hardly ANY shopping on this island. We did get an awesome pineapple at the Sunshine Market. I guess that's what I loved so much about Kauai. It is so laid back and on the North Shore everything is just small, locally owned shops and restaurants. It makes the trip. The boys went surfing that night and we went to dinner. It was a relaxing day. Oh, and the shaved ice is awesome on the island. They put macadamia nut ice cream on the bottom, then whatever flavor shaved ice you want (I loved rootbeer) and then they put sweetened condensed milk on top. Sounds like a gross combination, but it was amazing!!
TUESDAY: Catamaran Trip to Napali Coastline, Kipu Falls
CATAMARAN
Funny story about the Catamaran Boat Trip. We were STRESSED. We stayed on the North Shore and the boat was about an hour away. Brad decided we only needed 45 min. to get there. On our way there, I looked down and it said we needed an HOUR AND A HALF!!! This resulted in us calling them, begging them not to leave us, stressing out, getting stuck behind the SLOWEST cars in all of Kauai and RUNNING as fast as we can while everyone on the boat waited for us. Yup, we felt cool especially when the captain announced to everyone waiting on the boat we had FINALLY made it.
The Catamaran trip was a lot of fun. We were right alongside a ton of dolphins. On the way back we hit some great swells. Tiff and I were on top and we thought we were safe. NOPE. The waves would hit the boat and come blowing back and hit us right in the face. We were more soaked then the boys on the front of the boat. It was pretty crazy there for a while.
Tiff and I soaked on the top. We tried blocking some of the water with my towell. I stole some pics from your blog Tiff!
KIPU FALLS
Kipu Falls was so much fun. It's out in the middle of nowhere. There is a huge tree where people have tied a rope swing. It was a little scary going off the rope because it was about twenty to thirty feet down to the water. Also, this is not maintained so the ladder going back up was pretty shady and slippery!
Brad really did go also, but we only have video. Sorry honey!
WEDNESDAY-Kayak up Wailua River and hike to Secret Falls
Tiff and I in the waterfall
View from Princeville Resort
Goodbye Mick and Tiff! They headed home a day earlier then us.
THURSDAY-Last Day
We decided to go out with a bang on our last day. We splurged and went on a helicopter ride. I'm so glad we did!! It was amazing to see everything you can only see by air. There were so many waterfalls! Seriously one of the most amazing things I've ever done. The pics were taken through the helicopter window, so they are a little blurry.
They showed these waterfalls in the movie Jurassic Park.
The Grand Canyon of the Pacific-Waimea Canyon
This is a view of the beach and the waterfall that we hiked to. You might have to click on the picture to be able to see the waterfall in the back.
The prettiest waterfall near Princeville on the North Shore. You could see it from the road there but up close it was amazing. There were so many separate waterfalls that made up the big waterfall. I wanted to go hiking and find them which is near to impossible!
Please excuse the muffin tops. I promise it was the straps around our waists!! haha
Near Shipwreck Beach
And FINALLY, me on the beach after a long trip to Hawaii!
Overall, this was an AMAZING trip. I loved it so much. We found out about a bunch of the things to do by this awesome book.
I would recommend anyone going to Hawaii to get a book. They have one for each island.
Anyway, thanks to my PARENTS for giving us a week of their timeshare for our birthdays and to Mick and Tiff for being such great travel companions! We had a wonderful time!
7 comments:
Those waterfalls were amazing. I want to go back right now and do the helicopter ride. We seriously had so much fun with you guys and you got GREAT pictures. I liked the one with Mick at Kipu Falls. The one with us shielding ourselves from the water is pretty good also. I must agree this book as the way to go... I forgot to tell you. You know our airplane buddies that we couldn't get rid of, well, we were at Home Depot the other day and I swear the man's double came walking out the doors. Mick actually stepped back to hide thinking it really was him. Could you imagine??? Thanks for the great trip and I am glad I was the first commentor to leave my novel.. sorry!
You have some amazing pictures and I bet even more great memories! I want to go to Hawaii SO bad now!! I laughed pretty hard at the muffin top comment!!...don't worry, we all have them!!!
So, I come to your blog to answer the question you posted on mine and I find this??? I am so jealous!! (And happy for you. :) Our plans for visiting the ocean this year will probably be to Oregon. We'll see. I loved reading about your trip though. You have a great sense of humor! It looks like you had a little piece of heaven on earth. So fun! (I bet you missed your little guy while you were away...but still worth the a mommy time-out, I'm sure.)
SO JEALOUS!! You did so many fun things and it looks so beautiful. Can you believe that you were there? I want to be in your family, you get awesome birthday presents!
Ash - love the pictures - sometimes Kauai seems like just a dream!
So beautiful! Hawaii looks amazing and it looks like you got to see so much of it. If we ever make it there I'll be sure to get your advice on what to do and see while we are there. It looks like you had so much fun!
Ok seriuosly we live 10 minutes from eachother and really should get together sometime. I saw your blog on Michelle's and though I would take a peek. Your trip looks like so much fun!! I would love to invite ya to my blog so email me krisniels@hotmail.com
Kristin (Barson) Nielsen
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