Aloha from Princeville

We're at our second location - a condo in Princeville on the north coast. It's no resort, but we love the extra space and the full kitchen. We enjoyed a very yummy and very cheap dinner of mac & cheese tonight. We've been watching the OU-OSU game too, while appreciating our absolutely amazing view of the ocean. It was rainy and windy today (we did as the locals do and ignored the rain) but it is hard to ignore ocean swells of greater than 25 feet! Hopefully we can find some calm spots to take our snorkel gear and places to swim without major risk of drowning.

Please to enjoy ... more pictures!

Yesterday's hike along the southeastern coast...we saw these crazy eroded limestone cliffs.

Glass Beach- a century-old dumping ground with all sorts of metal junk melded into the lava rocks. There is also glass all over that has been worn down by the ocean into smooth pebbles. The sand is sparkly and colorful.

Friday night was our luau - "the only beachside luau in Kauai!" ... well, it was raining, so it got moved to a ballroom. There are two things to explain about this picture: 1) that's poi I'm tasting, and it is nasty; 2) open bar. Matt and I had more than a few blue Hawaiians and mai tais.

Matt and his drink. We finally wised up and asked for the big cups (as one of our table mates said "you got a big boy drink!" ... although how "big boy" a bright blue beverage is, I don't know)

Today's hike in the rain. It is much more lush and jungle-like on the north/east side than it was in the south and west. There were vines and exotic plants everywhere. On our way back down, we found an avocado and guava on the ground that had fallen from their trees. There are some huge waterfalls in the background of this picture.

The view from our condo. It is cloudy and very windy. The wind and high surf aren't going away tomorrow, but it is supposed to be sunnier.