DW's graduation trip to Kauai with a splash of LA

[mgoldhammer18]

Crazy clear day for Waimea. But where are the pics from the Kalalau lookout?

If it's not posted here then it means it was obstructed by the guy sitting by the window trying to get his own pictures.  Wish I had a window seat, maybe in Maui 

[Dan]

If it's not posted here then it means it was obstructed by the guy sitting by the window trying to get his own pictures.  Wish I had a window seat, maybe in Maui 

I mean from Waimea Canyon.

[mgoldhammer18]

I mean from Waimea Canyon.

I think the pictures are on DW's phone.  I'll try to post them when I could.

[mgoldhammer18]

Wednesday 1/11

On Wednesday we decided to drive to the North Shore.  Once you drive by the St. Regis you are treated to a breath taking view.  You keep driving a little bit and you hit a one way bridge, then you keep on coming across those one way bridges until you get to the end of the road.  We finally reached Ke'e beachbut were not able to find parking.  Every hippy in the world was there getting ready to hike the Kulalau trail and parked in all of the lots.  One of the lots looked so treacherous that I'm glad there were no spots available.  I ended up just parking on the street.  I got to the beach and the lifeguards pointed out that there was a humpback whale in the distance, wish I got a better view of the whale.  The beach was gorgeous, but the waters were very rough.  The water was beautiful.  After the beach, we drove back down to the GHK, stopped by the Hawaii plantation store to buy some souvenirs.  We got back to the hotel and just did the norm there; pool, lagoon, beach, dinner called it a night.

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[mgoldhammer18]

The rest of our trip we stayed at the hotel.  Rather than going into the details of our schedule, I'll just say what we did overall and post some pictures.

Thursday morning we got massages.  Problem with the massage was that we were in an indoor outdoor room and we were able to hear cars and trucks.  Masseuse was good, but focused on getting rid of knots rather than making it a relaxing experience, so I was in a lot of pain.   Friday morning we did the complimentary photo session; problem is they leave a watermark on the photos and the photos are very expensive to order.  Apparently a friend of mine can get rid of watermarks, something I still need to look into.  We also chilled by shipwreck beach, hung out by the pools, lagoon, lazy river, etc. Our flight out was Motzai Shabbos, so I tried getting late check out, I was only able to squeeze 2 hours out of the hotel staff, needless to say, spending a few hours in the lobby was boring.

At the terminal, gate, and even on the plane, they were offering people 1000 dollar vouchers to not take the flight due to a short runway and weight restrictions.  I would have totally taken that option, but I had to get back to work.

Overall, Hawaii was amazing, we fell in love.  Lives up to the hype.  100% would return to Kauai and of course stay in GHK again.

Hope you enjoyed

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[Triple Canopy]

Your TR's are very enjoyable to read.

[YossieW]

great report and pictures!