Helicopter Ride

Wow!

That's all I have to say!

Well, okay.

To tour Kaua'i from a Helicopter was an absolute blast! I still can't come up with the words to say how totally cool it was.

That video was of the falls in "Jurassic Park" - it is private land owned by the Robinson Family and the only way to see it is from the air. They own some 70,000+ acres on Kaua'i and also the forbidden island of Ni'hau.

Bali Hai (yes, dad, from South Pacific) with Ke'e Beach on the other side, where the road ends at the North end of the island.

Wow!

When we got our feet back on the ground, we also checked out Wailua Falls

and Spouting Horn

Bryan is a little obsessed with chasing down the unofficial state bird of Hawai'i

(the chicken - they are everywhere - especially at 5:00am)

Aloha!

Did Bryan mention that we were going to Hawaii?

Bryan has been taunting everyone at work for a week, wearing hawaiian shirts and asking (often) if they knew he was going to Hawaii. I'll bet they are glad he's gone...

But he's not.

After a 5 hour delay in LAX, then a rough flight on Janel, we got into Kauai at 9:00pm. It was completely dark, bummer.

Finally, we're here.

Saturday morning was beautiful!

We are right on Hanalei Bay.

This is the view out the front door.

90 steps to the water (Jim counted)

This is our vacation house,

the Hanalei Hale Plantation House on Hanalei Bay on the North Shore.

The guys did dinner. I love vacation!

(Of course, I was in the bathroom tossing cookies - I think I got a little food poisioning)