Trip to the North Shore of Kauai

Yesterday we took a drive up to the north side of the island which is quite scenic. Above is one of the views from the Kilauea Lighthouse looking toward the east side of the Napali Coast.

Below are 2 more views from the lighthouse. The lighthouse is the northern most point on the island.

 

Along the entire north side are many beaches and coves, some of which are very beautiful. They are also not very crowded.

 

Just before the start of the Napali Coast is the Hanalei river valley which leads into Hanalei Bay

 

After the Bay are more secluded beaches until you get to the end of the road at the start of a 11 mile hiking trail

After we returned to our place on the south side of the island, I spent the late afternoon/early evening reading by the beach and observing some of the people there in the lovely light at that time of the day:

Kauai, Hawaii

This week I am at a 2 bedroom Marriott timeshare condo on Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii with a friend. It's a lazy week of sun, swimming, and eating. I'm not playing golf this week for 2 reasons: one is my sore right elbow and the other is the fact that the 2 golf courses at Poipu are being renovated or aerified.

 On Tueday we went on a motorized raft trip to see the beautiful Napali coast. On the trip we went snorkeling for an hour, spent an hour at a secluded State beach and archeologic site. The sea was ride was rather choppy causing soreness of butt, arms and legs from the effort of hanging on to stay on the raft.

We also went to a Luau last nite and managed to eat much more than was necessary for sustenance.

This is is a photo of Poipu State Beach that it right in front of the Marriott:

Today we will probably drive around to Hanalei on the north side of the island..