kauai 2011

Hawaii here we come. Time to leave this rain and get some sun.
On the 12th of January we left on Hawaian airlines for a vacation part of which would be spent with some of our close friends
Lisette and I were lucky to get an upgrade to first class. It was worth it alone just for the leg space....but the other things that came with it made it better

The menu shows the food
Hmmm it was good too.

It took a little longer to get to Honolulu because of head winds. An hour later than scheduled, but we made it

Here we are coming into Lihue Airport.....Hmmm lots of clouds....from rain to rain...only warmer

These falls are normally 1/4 the size but on Tuesday they had 5" of rain and then more rain on Wednesday

Jack and Liz arrived late Wednesday evening

Mark and Karen were on the same flight as we were







Thursday morning after the water Falls it was time for breakfast. We had fried rice omlettes

Then it was off to the beach. First beach on the list was Anahola Beach. It always has good waves for body surfing. I believe this is Karens favorite beach. The little girl comes out in her. Is so fun to watch...and we all get into the fun after a few minutes

On Thursday afternoon Mark and Kerry showed up. Friday morning it was off to the beach. We decided to go to the very end of the road on the south side of the Island and visit Polihale Beach. Not many swim at this beach because of the strong currents that pull you out to sea. Many people over the years haven't made it back.




Polihale Beach is beautiful, miles of sandy beach and good sized waves crashing on shore. The end of this beach is also the beginning og the Napali Coast

Getting to and from this beach requires going thru some big puddles. It would have been great to have a few mud fights ....but we refrained from it this time....next time can't garantee it.

At one point Mark Bloxham thought he would use a flipper fin to throw mud on us....little did he know that with Lisette behind the wheel anything was possible. And sure enough she guns it and he realizes that he needs to get back in the Jeep and have the door closed before she gets to him or he is going to be covered in mud....I think I heard him squeel like a girl. What a laugh we had. Then on the way back with top down Lisete again decides to make a run thru the puddles.... The white jeep was no longer white





SOmebody was extremely happy with her accomplishment. See the towel wrapped around her, well it was used to protect us passengers from being splattered with mud. As it was it took Mark and Karen a good 20 minutes to clean the inside ot the jeep.

The car wash was pathetic as hardly any water was used in the cleaning process. In the end Lisette Mark and Karen washed the jeep once we got back to the condo. I think it took a good hour.