Kauai Bound - Sunday

May 25 2008

Woo Hoo Laundry Day!! I can't tell if this is an advantage or not to renting a condo. On one hand you can pack less, on the other you are doing laundry on vacation. We figured after the previous day's heat and crankiness, we would have a 'laze around' day. No real agenda other than minimal sun and very little driving. We went into Koloa to pick up gear at Snorkel Bob's. We walked around town a little. As we passed Lapperts Ice Cream we had to go in, it smelled just like Main Street at Disneyland. Wow, 2 Disney references in one vacation. After stopping in Kauai ATV we decided that we would skip the excursions on this trip, especially since we needed to buy a new stove once we got back home. We ate a lunch of sandwiches, Maui onion potato chips and Kona beer on the lanai while perusing the real estate ads. We absolutley cannot afford to live in Kauai. Then it was time for a short nap. Its good to be on Hawaiian time!! Our short nap turned out to be an hour. Made a couple of iced coffees to perk up then headed out to the beach. The water was perfect. There were a ton of little kids out. Not too many to be annoying which was good. We hung out for a while then Matt went to go get us drinks. After another dip in the ocean we were done. Showered and lounged on the lanai the rest of the afternoon. One of our neighbors in the next building had a small trampoline that their grandson (who appeared to be 2ish) would play on. Not really interesting in itself until you hear your husband say "Hey, there is a little naked boy on a trampoline next door". So of course, the rest of the trip he was always referred to as 'little naked boy' even if he had clothes on. After dinner of burritos we went to sit on the grass next to the beach to watch the sunset. We took some good pics. There was a crane in the hedge next to where we were sitting that was just gorging on geckos. Back inside after sunset to read and catch up writing in my journal. Early bed so we could get an early start to the Kalalau Lookout before the clouds roll in.