We awoke to rain this morning and so were in no rush to get going. For breakfast we went to Waipouli Restaurant where we each had one too many pancakes. After breakfast we went and checked out Wailua Falls, west of Lihu’e. The parking lot for the falls was also the viewing platform and so we didn’t have to hike on any muddy trails to see the vigorously flowing falls. From Wailua Falls we headed to the north side of the island to see the sites. We stopped at several beaches and the Kilauea Lighthouse. When we got to Hanalei we headed down to Hanalei Bay and walked out on the pier and watched people learning to surf while listening to one of the locals tell some big fish stories, including one about the monster that got away.
We next headed back down to Kë’ë Beach (location of Kalalau Trail trailhead) and watched some whales jumping quite a ways off shore. We were able to get a couple pictures that would have been better if the whales would have cooperated and moved about a mile closer to shore. There was a high surf advisory today and we were hoping to see some big waves but they weren’t too impressive. On the way back to the hotel we stopped for a bite to eat at Bubba’s Burgers. This evening was wash night and we made runs to the laundry room in between torrential rain showers. Tonight we’re both happy we’re not camping out.
Pictures from today can be found
here.
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