A Trip up Waimea Canyon

The Pacific's Grand Canyon, Waimea Canyon on Kauaii is a spectacle to behold. Beginning on the South side of the island it rams smack into the Na Pali coast.

The winding roads were the appropriate amount of twist and turn, certainly not a repeat of the nausea inducing "dragon's tail"

The whole of the south is covered in this red clay looking soil. It stains everything you own a nice brownish red.

The canyon is mostly formed by the flow of water, just like the more famous Grand Canyon, in addition it did have some assistance from lava flows and a collapsing volcano. Wikipedia Knows

As usual, I took pictures of graffiti stickers on a sign which no longer communicates. The lack of a wide angle lens presented a challenge in scenes like this. This is the second impasse it caused, the first was a lack of hotel room pictures.

But, it does take great pictures of Kat!



jon

Crazy Chips

Crazy colorful that is. Look at the weird food these alien people eat! You wouldn't even think them Americans. Actually, that is a fact you sort of forget from time to time. You really feel that it should be counted as visiting a foreign country, because it just takes so damn long to get there. Maybe the Hawaiians should revolt and make it a foreign country again. That would be a total surprise, the over / under is that Texas would be the first to secede.

jon

Our Porch

Though banned from our household, I do like me some wicker. It always feels so summery and light. A pleasant place to rest my bum. Kat missed out on porch time, usually napping in the wonderful AC as I sat outside and reveled in the local brews.

Our view was partial ocean. Which was true, there were a couple of snippets of ocean to be seen. But, that was of no matter, as we were close enough to fall asleep each night with the sounds of waves lapping against the shore, and overlooking the garden pools was no eyesore.

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A Good Place to Chill

The resort had many wonderful spaces to sit back and relax by the pool. Which is really nice, if that's your thing. Being a more sort of restless type, it was hard for me to imagine spending a day by the pool. A morning or afternoon, maybe, but a whole day. Probably not gonna happen.

jon

You Got Stacked!

Rock stacking is a fun and interesting habit. I have no idea if it is part of an ancient Maori tradition, or if it takes any particular skill. But, it makes for some nice detail on the scenery of the beach.
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A Morning

One of many delightful sunrises from near our hotel. It was quite pleasant being so close to so much for the early morning. That, and both of our sleeping schedules were set to be up at 530am in the morning every day. Far be it from me to deny an early morning jaunt.

Jon

A NightCap

And a moment for rest and relaxation. The end of a long flight and tiring day. A time to get our ears talked off by another two honeymooners. Very, very drunk honeymooners. The best was either when he bought a bottle of Scotch to ship back to Philadelphia. From Hawaii. It wasn't Hawaiian scotch. Or, when he closed the tab because his wife kept ordering drinks while he wasn't looking. Either way, it was a bit much for our first day on the garden island, and we quickly scurried back to the room.

jon