We went rented bikes in Kapa'a Beach Park and rode up the bike path, which gave incredible views of the coast. We saw Opaeka'a & Wailua falls, the Menehune Fishpond, and the Tunnel of Trees. We ate Puka Dogs, JoJo's Shave Ice, & the best fish tacos ever! We went shopping at Hanapepe's Friday Night Art show & Kaua'i Village. Best of all, we got to lounge around on the beach...what's better than that?
This is the view from our room. The upgrade was definitely worth it!
Marley LOVED the little sandy pool the hotel offered. She was constantly wanting to go play in it. She got tan lines even though I was really generous with the waterproof 85 sunscreen. I guess she doesn't take after my pale skin!
Marley loved hanging out on the balcony...now instead of not wanting to smile for the camera, all she wants to do is say 'cheese' & do this goofy grin!
This is supposed to be a picture of a jellyfish but it's kind of hard to tell.
We rode the train at Gaylord's sugar cane plantation. Marley was obsessed with the chickens (which run wild all over the island after a hurricane dispersed them everywhere) & was always looking for them.
Wild boars also run wild all over the island & there's a year-a-round open season to hunt them. We saw these from the train ride & I thought the baby piggies were smelly, but really cute!
We got to feed the pigs. Marley was kind of afraid of them so she made us feed them while she watched.
We ate this little place called Hamura Samin Stand. It served these noodle bowls which remind me of something my mom & Grandma Orie would've have put together. It was really delicious but the counter we sat at made me smile because it was only about 2 1/2 feet off the ground. It was definitely a local place to eat!
Marley always wakes up with bed head, but the humidity made her bed head double the size! It was so much curlier because of the weather!
We went to 'Anini Beach Park because of the relatively small waves for Marley. We had taken her to the beach at our hotel & the bigger waves made her fearful!
The weather was hit and miss every 15-30 minutes. It would be nice & sunny then get really windy & rainy.
Even though it's probably a huge no-no, we fed the chickens on 'Anini beach because Marley was so enthralled with them!
This was at the point on 'Anini beach where the weather turned. As you can tell, Marley isn't too happy to be stuck in the tent while it was raining and the neighbors to the left of us tried to weather out the storm by hiding under their beach towels.
We happened upon 'Baby Beach' during our delightful bike ride. Marley absolutely LOVED this beach. There's a reef making the water very shallow and super calm. She met lots of kids her own age that she had a great time hanging out with them!!
JoJo's was listed as the best 'shave' ice on Kauai and it really was as we had tried other place that offered 'shave' ice as well. Even though it was good, it didn't quite beat Matsumoto's Shave Ice on Oahu!
Kamalani Playground was a fantastic playground. Marley loved it...but we weren't able to stay as long as we liked because all the equipment started getting really hot & we started to sweat like racehorses!!
Right after we got the wonderful news that the Phoenix Suns swept the San Antonion Spurs in the Western Confrence NBA Semifinals, we got to celebrate by checking out Wailua falls. These falls are amazing & if we didn't have Marley, we would've looked into hiking into them!
This is the best family picture we could get with Kevin taking the picture! I love Marley's face in the bottom picture!
The falls are so impressive!
This is Kalapaki Bay...if only our lawn could look this good!
Marley & I took a walk on the Kalapaki Bay beach. I had to take a picture of her cute little foot prints!
Of course when we get someone else to take our picture, Marley won't cooperate!
