Kauai Day 3

Moved on to Ha'ena Beach Park, one mile shy of the Kalalau Trail trailhead. I plan to head out around 7am, which will unfortunately require an early alarm.

Google "Kalalau Trail" to get an idea of what I'm doing.

I'll try to post some photos when I return on Wednesday.

Kauai Day 2

Staying in Hanalei tonight. Another beach town backed by incredible mountains. Tough life.

Tomorrow I move on to Ha'ena, from which I will embark on the Kalalau Trail along the Na Pali Coast. As I was telling Cliff today (Cliff picked me up hitchhiking), this hike has been on my list so long that people I told about have already added it to their list and checked it off. Needless to say, it's about time.

Kauai Day 1

Landed on Kauai at 6 this morning. Took care of some logistics in Lihu'e (camping permits, bus schedules, groceries) and headed to my campsite at Anahole Beach Park. The mountain in the background is Kalalea, which from certain angles apparently resembles King Kong's profile. Hopefully I'll verify that tomorrow.

Almost Out of Kalani

Wow. It's been almost a month since I posted. Yes, I suck. But that's the way it goes some times I guess.

Obviously you've figured out by now that I survived the tsunami of March 11th. I wasn't impacted much, except for the fact that we were evacuated from our campsite Thursday night to seek higher ground. They sent us to a park, which of course housed one of the tsunami sirens. It was a rough night of sleep.

I've added quite a few photos to my Picasa Web Albums.

Some new ones in Miscellaneous.

We went to a sacred Hawaiian site called Place of Refuge.

We have amazing sunrises here.

Staff trip to Hapuna Beach State Park on Thursday the 10th (the day of the Japan earthquake).

We had some fun on the northern tip of the island on Friday the 11th.

On Saturday we went for a hike to view the source of the current eruptions.

And to top it all off, we had an incredible trip to the top of Mauna Kea for sunset Sunday evening.

Sorry for not being a better blogger lately. I could promise to do better in the future, but I'd just end up making a liar of myself.

Tuesday the 15th I fly to Oahu for a few days before heading solo to Kauai for ten days. I'm reeeeeeeeeally looking forward to seeing Kauai. It's been on my list for years.