Sunrise to Sunset

Well it seems that whole idea of slowing down the go, go, go sorta went, went, 
went! I tried but this island is just too beautiful and I needed to explore from 
sunrise to sunset and that's just what I did. I think I'll do a little more 
exploring on Friday and then actually take Saturday and Sunday off and just 
chill (anybody taking bets on that one!) 
 
So since I was still sort of on east coast time, I woke up early around 6 AM (I 
know, that's not early for you working stiffs, but for this globe trotting 
vagabond, it is!) and caught a really cool sunrise at Anahola Beach. Then 
checked out Opaeka'a Falls, then the really cool beach town of Po'ipo. They have 
this big blowhole called Spouting Horn that was really neat to watch. Then over 
to Maha'elupu Beach with all these incredible sandstone cliffs. Drove thru the 
towns of Kalaheo and Hanapepe and then stopped in the town of Waimea to sample 
their shave ice (nowhere near as good as the one in Maui but I'll keep sampling 
the others on Kauai just to be sure!). I then drove up into Waimea Canyon. They 
call this the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I haven't been to the real Grand 
Canyon but this place was beautiful (picture attached). 
 
Then circled back around the island to Hanalei (made famous for where Puff the 
Magic Dragon frolicked!) and then caught a really cool sunset at Ke'e Beach. 
Whew... whirlwind day but not too tiring since I didn't get my hiking shoes out 
and mostly drove the whole island. The island is supposed to have the best 
hiking in all of Hawaii so maybe next week I'll try it out. 
 
TGIF to everyone! By the way, try to figure out if the other picture I sent you 
was the sunrise or the sunset. Both are breathtaking! 
 
Jeff