Joe and I were lucky enough to be able to take a week long vacation in Kauai, Hawaii. Really lucky. This was our first trip to Kauai and it was a fantastic trip. I would highly recommend it. We stayed in Lihue at a time share at the Marriott. The facilities were excellent. There is a lot of Asian influence in the architecture, garden designs ,etc. I love Asian design so I loved a lot of Kauai. We rented a car. Honestly I don’t know how you would ever get to see everything if you did not rent a car. We actually drove to the end of every possible road on the island! We put 600 miles on the car. We stopped a lot and took photos or went on walks, etc. It is probably going to take me more than one blog to share every thing that I want to share with you. I would describe the entire island as beautious. (I know that is not a real word.) Here goes…….. This is our view from the balcony at the Marriott. Not bad.
This is a view from Poipu Beach.
We stopped at Spouting Horn.
One of the things that was very unexpected for me was to see so many chickens just walking around. They were all over the place. I am not kidding. They are every where on the island. A local girl working in a shop told me that she lived on the island her entire life and that the chickens do not have any predators so there is an abundance of them. She said one day while she was in a class in college they had a guest speaker and during his lecture some chickens came walking into the classroom. Of course the teacher got a little freaked out, stopped his lecture and asked about having the chickens removed. None of the students were concerned and told the teacher that it was very normal for chickens to wonder into the classroom and they would eventually just wonder back out of the room. Not in a million years would I have guessed Kauai would have so many chickens. While at Spouting Horn I saw some chickens. Notice the sign. A local person drove right up to the sign, dumped a lot of feed and scurried off. I think it was very nice of them to feed the chickens.
I was very fascinated with the chickens. The colors were amazing. I loved the chickens. The locals said they are hard to catch and that they are not good for eating . Since I don’t eat meat it does not matter to me but just in case you wondered!
The Wailua Falls.
A funny story. Joe and I stopped one day in Waimea for lunch. A local shop girl recommended a place called the Shrimp Station. She said it was very casual. You can sit outside at the picnic tables and enjoy a nice lunch. So, we decided to stop. We had a great lunch and Joe decided to purchase a t-shirt with the Shrimp Station logo on the back. He placed it in a plastic bag on the floor behind my seat. (Story continued after chick photo.)
As I mentioned there were chickens every where including outside at the Shrimp Station. Look as this nice looking chick!
We continued on our journey of the island. We were heading to the Waimea Canyons. One of the wonderful things about this island is that all along the beaches and canyons, pretty much every where, there are clean restrooms and trash cans along the way. I am known for cleaning the car as we go. I do it all the time, not matter where I am. Every time I stop at a rest stop I check for trash and clean the car. I’ve done this all of my life. So, I threw out some trash when we were way up at the end of the canyon road. When we got back to our hotel later in the day Joe handed me a bag with trash to discard. I stopped dead in my tracks. I said..oh, no. Where is your shirt from the Shrimp Station? Well, you guessed it. I had thrown it in the trash by mistake. Fortunately Joe has a great sense of humor and was not upset. We both laughed about it and decided that one day would be go back to the Shrimp Station and purchase another t-shirt. We did just that.
Some days I really wonder about myself. Most days really.
I’ll be sharing additional amazing photos from Kauai, including more chickens (of course), canyon shots and much more in my next blog.