Kauai Thursday Nov 10

Thursday in Poipu started by relaxing around the condo and enjoying the ocean view. I wanted to see more spinner dolphins like we saw from the boat yesterday, but never did. Others before us have seen schools of them from our condo patio. Oh, well.

Then we headed out to drive through Waimea Canyon via the Waimea Canyon Drive. The drive is winding and slow with glimpses of the canyon. We stopped at three nice overlook areas: the Waimea Canyon Lookout, the Puu Hina Hina Lookout and the Kalalau Lookout. The first two overlook the 12 mile long canyon, coined the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Samuel Clemens, while the last overlooks the ocean.

On the way back to Poipu, we stopped in Waimea at Jo Jo's for some shaved ice - yum! Then we went Poipu Beach and played in the water a little and watched the paddle surfers (see video) and enjoyed the swaying palm trees and beautiful cover (see video). And we also enjoyed another of the many rainbows we saw all over the island of Kauai. more pictures