TUNNELS BEACH

What a beautiful day. Here we are a tunnels beach and boy is the surf up. Its absolutely beautiful to watch

Lisette is walking along the beach a good distance from the water and a rogue wave comes in and gets her good and wet.

in this picture with the guy sitting on the beach, beyond him you can see a somewhat calm area. In that area is where we would norkel but today the waters are way too rough

Those 2 houses on the end that you see against the hillside,,,,what a setting

SUNRISE TODAY

This morning with the clouds over the ocean that I would post a progressive sunrise. It is clear sky above us.

The sun rise here is about 10 minutes past 7 right now.

And it looks to be another great day here in Kapaa Kauai

Hope your day is as good as ours is

Shopping

I don't think we should ever allow these two to be alone together...especially when shopping. They decided to try on some hats. As goofy as they could get them

Having fun.

Shipwreck Beach

Shipwreck Beach.... The real on

Today while here at the beach its sunny and in the nid 80s

And then there were turtles near the base of the cliff


We enjoyed playing in the surf. It was great for body surfing.

We had a whale show where 4 or 5 whales did their breaching and coming down with huge splashes.



Then we saw a manta ray. It was about 6 to 8 feet across. Beautiful to watch in the clear waters

How much better can it get

Hanalei Bay, our 1st day by ourselves.

Our first full day by ourselves and we spent it on the beach at Hanalei Bay, I think one of the most beautiful spots on the earth. We arrived around 10 am so got our pick of parking places.

We rented a couple of chairs from the place across the street that rents surf boards etc and got comfortable. My goal for the day was to get rid of the Coon Eyes that my sunglasses were creating. I think I did a good job. We stayed out in the sun for 4 hours. We did put on sunblock today, I used 8 and Toyke went for 4.

I find it interesting to see the different things in different countries that women will hold on their heads...I think this woman has a great idea.

When Glen Homfeld told Toyke that he needed a vacation and knew where he should go he hit the nail on the head. Toyke has been here 9 times now and knows how to relax.

Always something new to discover. This lovely little river that flows into the Hanalei Bay and wanders back along the road to the bridge is our new discovery for the day. It's been right here, we just have always turned onto the beach before getting here. I want to rent a stand up surf board with paddle and give it a go on this river, it would be calm enough to try. It would be nice to rent a kayak also...something planned for our next trip already, wait a minute, we still have 10 days!

The fish that didn't get away!

The native Hawaiians that caught this fish were pretty darned excited. They even said something about getting into the news so this must not be an everyday experience.
They were fishing off the long cement pier and caught something...a humungous fish!!!
They pulled it back into the water to stop it from drying out then hauled it into the back of the truck, covered it with a wet towel and were off. I thought we could follow it to the local market and get some fresh fish for dinner!
I wonder what they were using for bait...probably their little brother!

Rooster roosters everywhere...but on a bike?

We went into Safeway tonight to buy some vegetables....yes, we are eating vegetables. After all the shaved ice, fries and burgers, chocolate milk shakes, fish and chips...it's time to eat vegetables. But, that is not what this blog post is about. The Rooster... The bike was leaning up against the wall right in from of the door to Safeway. I was laughing, thinking that a rooster was nesting on the handlebars for the night. He was looking like he had hopped up there and was settling in for the night. When we came out of the store the bike and rooster were gone. I though, poor thing, he'd settled right in now he has to find another spot to roost.

Nope, across the parking lot came the man on his bike with the rooster still sitting on the handle bars! Of course, I had to stop and ask him about it. He said that he caught the rooster when it was young and he took a lot of time taming it and it just took time and respect. I said that as my Aracona roosters grew up they got mean. He questioned my respect for my roosters and said, "Well, have you even tucked them under your arm and taken them to bed with you, pulling up the covers to keep them warm?" Ok, that was it. I'm pretty non-judgemental but that's just plain crazy! Think about it, he is a guy riding around with a rooster so...whatever!