Today was bright, sunny and humid - just in time for us to leave Kauai! We did some last minute washing before checking out. We still had a couple of hours free so we drove to the Kilohana Plantation. This was a sugar cane plantation which opened in 1935. The mansion was home to Gaylord Wilcox, a sugar baron. The Plantation opened to the public in 1986. The mansion was restored and now houses some boutiques, galleries and restaurants. Some sugar cane is still gro...

I got another flash flood warning early this morning but it wasn’t raining and the roads weren’t as flooded as yesterday. I had looked up where the best places were to see the sea turtles. One of the places was the official Poipu beach which is down the road a bit from our hotel. We walked through the park area and on to the beach. We didn’t see any turtles but further around there were 2 monk seals asleep on the sand. We walked around a bit and then heard...

It rained all night and was still raining this morning. It was quite heavy rain so we decided to go to the movies. There is only 1 cinema nearby but for some reason, movies don’t start until about 4.30pm. So, the only thing left to do was go shopping. We decided to go back to a small centre we had passes yesterday. When we got there, we found a lot of the shops closed. We looked in a few and then eased back to an old favourite, Walmart!! When we arrived and p...

When we left this morning, it felt quite warm and the sun was trying to come out. It moved between cloudy and partly sunny until about lunch time. Then the rain started. At times it was steady and other times it was light. Our goal was to drive to Ke’e Beach, which is the very end of the road on the northern side of the island. It is also the location of Ruthie & Michael’s wedding!! We stopped quite a few times along the way at lookouts and other points ...

It rained overnight but the sun was trying to come out when we left this morning. It didn’t last long though and we had another overcast day. We drove to Waimea Canyon this morning. This is Hawaii’s version of the Grand Canyon, even though it is only a fraction of the size. Waimea Canyon is about 16kms long and nearly 1km deep. The Canyon was formed by the Waimea River and the huge amount of rainfall runoff from the island’s central peak which is one of the...