another great weekend

Pictures from the coast, Salt Pond Beach, and the Kauai Polynesian Festival! As always, you can big up the pictures by clicking

Ocean Spray

Black Rocks, Red Dirt

An Experiment in Composition

Spouting Horn



A Second Experiment in Composition

I think these are CH-10 helicopters?

Everybody Wants to See!

At Salt Pond Beach Park

What is he photographing?

...oh. ("yeah.... 'oh.'")

The rest of these are from the Samoan fireknife competition.

bonus points for anyone who recognized the "yeah....'oh.'" as a quote from the office, and extra bonus points for the first person to correctly identify which character said it :)

What A Weekend!

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Part One: The Hanalei River

Looking up (or down?) the Hanalei River

Palm trees on the shore of the Hanalei River

At the mouth of the Hanalei River

At the mouth of the Hanalei River, this is where we learned how to stand-up paddle

Stand-up paddling in the Hanalei River

Part Two: The North Shore and Hanalei Town

The Wet Cave near the end of the road


The Wet Cave, in Perspective


Sage Advice...



One of the oldest churches on Kauai


Epic Van Art

Overlooking the Hanalei River - we kayaked from the mouth of the river, under the bridge, and up to that first building on the river there. Then we turned around and went back.

Part Three: Hiking in Koke'e State Park

This is the river we drove across to get to the start of the trail through Sugi Grove

Looking up at some trees on the trail






Jason and I with John, Jackie, and Amy Jenkins, who housed us for the weekend (thanks!)

This stuff was really springy and on some parts of the trail the ground was covered in it. It was like having a mini-trampoline on the whole trail! Well, almost.



Everything is so green there! Jan, I bet you would love it.

Looking down from the trail, across the river, at part of the road we came in on.

Back at the start of the trail.


Driving out...

Bumpy, fun dirt roads. Now with extra hills!

Can you spot the boar skin?
There it is! There is the boar skin.

How we made it there and back again: a hiker's tale

HEY WOW, LOOK! A CHICKEN!

From the Jenkins' pool deck

Also from the Jenkins' pool deck

Part Four: Comments

I like feedback. What have you got, folks? This part is your turn. Please?