Alright, the last post was a little wussy but it was a little overwhelming to arrive here and remember how fabulous a place it is.
The reality is that Kauai is one of our favorite places. Yesterday morning, I met a fellow from Indiana down at the "bench" and guess where his favorite place is; the Columbia Icefields. He even gave me the name of some out of the way lodge up in the mountains so there is beauty everywhere.
Actually the locals aren't so crazy about us Haoles (white people). Yesterday at Costco some guy told Gerry and I to stay on the Mainland. It sort of took the steam out of our sails for a few minutes but we recovered. There are issues with the cost of living, cost of housing, new developments and now a high speed ferry that will service the islands.
The last couple of days have been jam packed with not a whole lot. We have begun to bake ourselves a little, have made a couple of trips to Lihue to scope out some of the shops. One of my future goals has to do with becoming a host at Walmart and I thought I might check out the opportunities at the Kauai store. I can tell people to hang loose with the best of them. Costco pretty much demands a visit wherever we are, although I'm not sure why, the stuff is always exactly the same.
A monk seal made his way to the lava across the street from LBR (Lawai Beach Resort) and, as they are protected, basically laid there until he/she (I didn't get a chance to check the gender out) decided to motor on. Big excitement for a few minutes. Gerry snapped many pictures of the Bird of Paradise.
This afternoon Mike and I went golfing at Puakea, a recommended track. I played lousy on the front and he played lousy on the back. I think he was rattled by the Haole locals that joined us for the last 8 holes. They were pretty much the stereotypical loud mouths and one guy couldn't hardly contain himself from letting us know how much money he has.
We have scoped out the Marriott where we will be staying with the Brewertons and Andrew. It will be cool. Tomorrow we are heading over there to snorkel. Perhaps the fish are bigger there.
We're on a quest to find the best burger on Kauai, although so far we've only been to one of the places on our list and 3 out of 4 of us opted for something other than a burger. Susan did offer us all bites of hers though and it was okay. Oh well, we'll have another exciting day tomorrow, here in.....
Paradise.
The last couple of days have been jam packed with not a whole lot. We have begun to bake ourselves a little, have made a couple of trips to Lihue to scope out some of the shops. One of my future goals has to do with becoming a host at Walmart and I thought I might check out the opportunities at the Kauai store. I can tell people to hang loose with the best of them. Costco pretty much demands a visit wherever we are, although I'm not sure why, the stuff is always exactly the same.
A monk seal made his way to the lava across the street from LBR (Lawai Beach Resort) and, as they are protected, basically laid there until he/she (I didn't get a chance to check the gender out) decided to motor on. Big excitement for a few minutes. Gerry snapped many pictures of the Bird of Paradise.
This afternoon Mike and I went golfing at Puakea, a recommended track. I played lousy on the front and he played lousy on the back. I think he was rattled by the Haole locals that joined us for the last 8 holes. They were pretty much the stereotypical loud mouths and one guy couldn't hardly contain himself from letting us know how much money he has.
We have scoped out the Marriott where we will be staying with the Brewertons and Andrew. It will be cool. Tomorrow we are heading over there to snorkel. Perhaps the fish are bigger there.
We're on a quest to find the best burger on Kauai, although so far we've only been to one of the places on our list and 3 out of 4 of us opted for something other than a burger. Susan did offer us all bites of hers though and it was okay. Oh well, we'll have another exciting day tomorrow, here in.....
Paradise.
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This morning Sam said "This is the day we get really excited!!" We are all really excited.
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