At the beginning of August Mckay and I had the opportunity to go to Kauai on vacation with my family. We went to Kauai three years ago and absolutely loved it. I always planned on going back but I was expecting that to be years down the road. We were thrilled when we found out we were going back! And when Lysa offered to watch Henry the whole time we felt incredibly spoiled. So for 8 days we got to enjoy being on vacation together without the stresses of being a parent. We definitely missed our babe but we certainly took full advantage of our time off. We slept in, came and went without worrying about a schedule, took naps, I nearly finished two books. It was seriously the best vacation ever. completely perfect.
Since this blog is a journal to help organize our family memories and since I’m already having major vacation withdrawals the next few posts are going to be pretty detailed with lots and lots of pictures.
We flew in to Lihue Thursday night (Aug. 2). After getting groceries at Costco we drove up to the north side of the island to Princeville where we were staying. Since there was 11 of us we opted for renting a house rather than staying in a hotel. We are so glad we did this! It also helped to have a kitchen so we could eat some meals, especially breakfast at home. The house was so nice, comfortable and included a private pool and hot tub. It was great to come home and relax there at the end of every day. Our favorite thing to do when we got home at night was to watch the Olympics in the hot tub while snacking on chips and salsa.
On Friday we headed to Queens Bath located on the north shore, just minutes from where we were staying. Mckay and I didn’t make it there on our first trip to Kauai so we were excited to check it out. After a short hike through the jungle the trees open up to a beautiful view of the rocky coast. The lava rock cliffs drop straight into the ocean. Queens Bath is a swimming pool size tide pool that you can swim in when the tide is low enough. There are several other smaller pools nearby. We explored the coastline, spotted sea turtles and swam with the fishes. Perfect way to start off our trip. (some of these pictures were taken by Chris)
After Queens Bath we drove south into Kapa’a and got fresh fish tacos for lunch and got our first shave ice of the trip. 1/2 Bahama Mama, 1/2 Blue Hawaiian with Macadamia Nut ice cream underneath. it was that good I remembered.
There are several farmers markets that travel around the island and stop at a different town each day. Today the market was in Lihue so of course we had to stop and stock up on local fruits and veggies, including our favorites, apple bananas and sugar loaf white pineapple. so very very good.
We took our goodies home, relaxed, swam and watched the Olympics. We grilled hamburgers and fresh pineapple for dinner. Before we ate we drove to the next town north of us to watch the sunset from Hanalei Bay.
I loved staying on the north side of the Island, it’s so green and pretty. I also loved being so close to Hanalei, such a cute town.
aaand that ended our first day.
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