Kauai Bound - Saturday

May 24 2008

It is hard to believe that we have been gone this long and still have 6 full days left! We took a walk this morning down to Poipu Beach Park. We watched the surfers and a guy out throw net fishing. I am always fascinated watching them do this. I can't imagine having the patience to do it. As we were walking across the park to walk over to Nukumoi Surf Shop to check snorkle gear prices, Matt found a wallet laying in the grass. It was empty except for the ID. We left it on the lifeguard tower since the lifeguard wasn't there yet. If nothing else the guy gets his ID back. The surf shop was closed so we walked down to Brenneke's to check out the food prices. No way am I paying $10 for nachos!! Matt went for a run after we got back to the condo. There was still so much sand all over from the previous day that I swept the floor and cleaned up the place a bit. I went down to the beach hut for fresh towels just in case. Took my journal with me so I could sit at the beach and write. There was a group of really little kids taking surf lessons so I watched them for a bit. They were really cute. Matt was back by the time I came back. After hitting the showers we went to the Kauai Products Fair in Kapa'a. Not much to write about this, we could have skipped it. The beach across the street was gorgeous. There is lots of reef so very little wave action near the shore. We stopped at the furniture store across the street to check on the prices since Matt was curious. I think that Matt was thinking about moving more than me for once! They were very friendly here. The feed their customers on the weekend so the owner, a little Japanese lady was making stew in their little kitchenette in the corner. The prices were pretty much in line with the mainland. I had expected to be shocked. The salesperson that we talked to was from Huntington Beach. She told us she has been living in Kauai for a year and was finally having her possessions shipped over. Ten thousand dollars to ship over a 3 bedroom house full of furniture. Guess we have to sell the truck to pay to ship our stuff over or just sell it all off. Guess we could give it to J but that is just getting ahead of ourselves now, isn't it? Off to Lihue to go to the Polynesian Cultural Festival. We made a detour to Opaeka'a Falls. This was a quick drive not far off the main highway. It was really pretty. A little frustrating too thinking you could just drive right up to a waterfall instead of doing the Bataan Death March through the jungle! Too bad the lady that 'took our picture' didn't. Guess we should have checked before we left. Lesson learned. Just means another trip! Across the street is the Wailua River lookout. We saw some kaykers and boy does it look like you get a lot of sun on this trip. We had talked about either renting a kayak or taking a guided trip but decided to skip it. I had already had more sun in a week than I had in an entire year. Plus, we still had snorkeling to do. It was starting to get hot and we wanted to get back in the car. We figured we might as well swing by Wailua Falls on the way. There is very pretty scenery along the way. Parking at the falls is a nightmare. Definitely a place to get to early in the am. I actually stepped in gum!! I hate people. Why would you toss your gum out, one in a place this pretty, two where someone is bound to step in it and three, 10 feet away from the trashcan? Lazy bastards. End of rant. Anyway, the falls themselves were stunning. Looks like there used to be a trail but it is fenced off. Since we were getting hotter by the minute, we walked back to the car only to find that 2 cars had parked along the road right behind us making it difficult to get out. Did I mention that I hate people? We got a little lost in Lihue looking for the stadium where the Polynesian Festival was but eventually found it. We should have maybe planned to go later in the evening since it was hot, no beeze and no shade. Plus, according to the schedule all the good Tahitian dancing was later in the day. Not the wisest way to spend $20 but at least we gave the money to them and not some big resort. Off to Long's for beer and Zantac. Went to Jamba Juice and that just hit the spot. Checked out appliance prices at Sears, again pretty much the same as back home. Then over to Borders for a book for Matt. Back to the condo to get out of the heat. Spent the rest of the afternoon reading. Burgers for dinner then out to the beach to watch the sunset. We took at stroll over to Whalers to pick up "So You Want to Live in Hawai'i". Reading and cocktails the rest fo the night. It is good to be us!!