Day 6! I'm actually typing this on Day 7 (Thursday in Hawaii, Friday in MN - what an odd concept) because I was just too tired to handle it yesterday. We called our "Expedia booking agent" (aka the activities desk) first thing this morning and got booked on a kayak/hike trip to "Secret Falls". This had been recommended to me by a friend, and so we really wanted to do it. We ate a very healthy breakfast of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, and hun...

Ah, Day 5 in paradise! We got up this morning, and relaxed & read books for a while in our room or our on our lanai (deck). I did a load of laundry since I didn't want to bring over 10 changes of clothing (extra since I tend to spill on myself) for the trip and not have to check a 2nd bag. They are trimming the Banyan trees right now on the resort, and after cutting off a limb w/a chainsaw, they chop off the smaller branches w/a machete. I've helped cut ...

Day 4! In case you are trying to read these, you need to review the little box to the right-hand side. That posts things NOT in chronological order - I think it's in Alphabetical. So I"m posting the "day" at the top of each entry to keep track of what's going on. And First we were in MN, then Oahu, HI, and now Kauai, Hawaii. Anyway - it's our first full day on Kauai. We flew out last night (after an AWESOME shirmp dinner at a teeny, little sha...

Day 3! Mike went out early this morning, and took pics of the sunrise. Marian only lives a few short blocks from the beach on the east side of the island, so that was the place to be! We then headed out to Cinnamon's for breakfast. Mike had Guava Pankcakes a la mode (ice cream & whipped cream) plus a cinnamon roll, Marian had loco moco, and I had Mahi Mahi Eggs Benedict! Then back to the house for a bit before heading to our hike. We hiked the Maonawili...

Day 2! AFter another tasty breakfast of bacon & eggs from "Cafe McCann", we headed to off to kayak on Kailua Bay. We got our kayaks, and headed out on the canal to the bay. It's very shallow there, and we had to drag the kayaks most of the way. Then getting into the kayak was quite the challenge with the waves crashing in. Mike had the camera in a plastic ziplock - it stayed dry but in the future, we'll DEFINITELY double bag it! We first head...