Monday was a good day. With the time change, and getting to sleep relatively early, we were up before 6. It had rained a bit during the night and the sky was a touch overcast.
At that hour on Kaua'i not much was open, so we went to McDonald's for breakfast. I always like to try something new that isn't available back home, and I was in luck. Here they had Taro Pie. It's like an apple pie, but with a filling made from taro root, a plant the Hawaiians have grown for centuries.
And it's purple...
After breakfast we went shopping at Safeway to get all the food and other items we didn't bring or didn't have space to bring with us on the flights. After about an hour there we were ready to see a bit more of Hawaii. Lihue is the industrial and administrative town on Kaua'i, so there are less touristy places. However we stopped at Kalapaki Beach on one end of Nawiliwili Bay and it was great to be down by the ocean.
We also wend up to the Lydgate Beach in Wailua to have some more beach time in the sun.
We went up towards Wailua Falls, but it was super busy so didn't do much more than take a quick peek.
We went up towards Wailua Falls, but it was super busy so didn't do much more than take a quick peek.
We were looking for sushi for lunch and came away empty handed, but had some at Safeway and it was much better than at home.
After a late lunch we got our backpacks all set up for the hike, which took much longer than we anticipated. Our packs were also heavier than anticipated, Anne's just over 40lbs, and mine almost 50lbs.
For dinner, we drove down to Po'ipu to meet up with the Skinners who are storing our bags while we are on the hike. We had dinner, then headed back to Lihue to get a good night's sleep.
No comments:
Post a Comment