Now, on to Kaua'i...Here is Neal at the Kilauea Lighthouse. This is a beautiful point of land and we enjoyed watching the whales from here and seeing all the birds. It is a bird refuge area.
This is Banana Joe's fruit stand. They have a wonderful smoothie made of just frozen bananas and pineapple. You can see the poinsettia plant she plunked into the ground after Christmas, also the produce they sell inside and the little Gazebo to eat in. They came to the island about 15 years ago and have done well. Chickens, chickens everywhere. More than on any of the other islands.
Hanalei Lookout with taro fields in the background. Hey, while I'm thinking of it, is it better for me to leave my glasses on (they go dark in the sun) or take them off for these pictures? Neal thinks it is vain of me to take them off, but I like to see people's eyes when I look at pics.
Warning signs at Ke'e Beach. You would think that everyone would be scared off, but no one is!
Here is a sea cave that is now several hundred feet above the sea level. There were several of these along this road. We encountered a lot of traffic on this road. It goes to this beach and then ends, so everyone has to turn around and head back here. We wanted to hike part of a trail here, but had forgotten our bug spray, so it was out of the question.
These two homes show an interesting phenomenon. We were assuming that the homes were built up to avoid flooding, and maybe that is it in some places, but these homes were high so they could see over the foliage to the ocean.
How to cross a one lane bridge :) Our helicopter over Kaua'i, Jack Harter Helicopters.
A cruise ship in the harbor at Lihue and the beautiful mountains of the east side of the island.
Neal and I are quite sure that we could ride in a helicopter several days a week and not get tired of it. Especially flying over this gorgeous scenery. This is the "oldest" of the main Hawaiian Islands, so it has more valleys. It is the only island with a river big enough for boats to go up...still they are only small boats.
We were interested to see several reservoirs created over the island to capture water for irrigation purposes.
These are pics of the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii, the Waimea Canyon. It was so totally unexpected after seeing the other islands, again showing how much older this one is. All of this is lava rock. There is nothing else on any of the islands. The canyons are formed from erosion over the eons.
The NaPali Coastline from above. Later we would get to see it from the ocean.
Mist and sun coming over "The Cathedrals"
Did I mention that this ride was "with the doors off"? What an adventure!
Wow, the helicopter ride looks really neat. What great views
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