April 2024 - Kauai Part 2

Thursday we left early to catch the shuttle to take us up to the Kalalau trail to see a bit of the Napali coast. We thought the area waiting for the shuttle was beautiful (below) and the boys were matching so I snapped a photo. Little did we know the beauty we were in for!

I about died of exhaustion on the uphill portion of the trail, but the view was worth it!

While Timmy, Joey, Will, Mark, Allison and I hiked to the ocean and had our lunch, Brian, Jordan, Caitlin and Dave hiked way further to see the waterfall.

Brian said this was one of his favorite parts of the trip. I am so grateful Dave was willing to take them another 4 miles up the trail!

We finished our lunch watching the waves and then headed back out.

The views were just as stunning going out as coming in!

I was the slowest of the group, but didn't want anyone to wait for me so I sent them all on. 

I do enjoy taking my time though. I like to stop and take pictures and notice the life around me. There are a large number of stray (now wild) cats in Kauai.

I survived the hike and barely made it back to the beach where I rested while the other went snorkeling and we waited for the longer hikers.

We saw this resting sea turtle while snorkeling. Brian was able to take a pictures of it. It was his favorite turtle the whole trip.

The walk back to the shuttle was gorgeous.

After getting off the shuttle, be went over to Hanalei Bay to check it out.

We were all very tired and hungry at this point, so we went to Calypso for dinner. 

That coconut shrimp was so good!

Another epic Kauai day in the books! We slept well that night!