More Kauai

Family photos, Ellery boogie boarding.
Me, enjoying the beach.
Family? Someone hasn't kissed him yet.
Christmas Eve at Duke's Canoe Club in Lihue. Terry, Elle, Griff, and Nikki.
H and I. I got more freckles on this trip.

Endangered Monk Seals

These are some shot that Nikki took as the monk seal was swimming in for a day in the sun.




Can't get any cuter than that.

Christmas Eve

Nikki mixed up cookie dough last night, this morning Elle and I cut them and baked them, then Grandpa and Elle frosted. They are palm trees. Couldn't be anything else when you are in Kauai.
Eating a little frosting is always in order.
See the green bags on the area beside TV, those are there Christmas stockings. They forgot to bring their stockings, and Nikki couldn't find any in the stores.
I think she ate more frosting than she put on the cookies.
Griff at the beach.
Nikki and Elle.
Elle decided to dig a hole, a big hole, in the sand. I helped her for a while, we got it big enough to lay in, then we quit. It was too warm and she needed to swim.

Monk Seals

This is the large monk seal sleeping on the beach next to some signs, he looks like a log.

This is a young monk seal, they said he was about 3 years old, they lay on the rocks for warmth and because the water is cleaner there due to rain run off. Click on the picture and it will enlarge so you can see the seal better. These are my pics, Nikki hasn't given me her pictures, yet.

Not a great sunset, because of the cloud bank yesterday.

Today was beautiful, sun all day, actually I spent most of the afternoon in, because I got too much sun in the morning.

Good weather!

Terry and Elle going out to boogie board.
The waves don't look that big in this picture, but they were really rough.
View from Hale' Ani, (pronounced Holly Ahnee) the house Terry and Nikki are renting. It was getting toward late afternoon and had clouded up, so it looks a little dark.

Today was beautiful, we all got up early and went snorkeling at Poipu Beach Park, a little rough, so getting out over the rocks to deeper water was sometimes painful. The fish are used to being fed so they come right up to you, any color you could imagine. We ate a late lunch, then H and I stayed at the house to read and rest a little, Nikki and family went boogie boarding again, Elle got hit with a huge wave that knocked her off her board, she ran into Terry her cheek near her eye hit his nose then she went under water beneath him and her foot got tangled in her rope(a scary moment) she finally came up. They both are using ice bags so they won't bruise.

The weather is supposed to be mostly sunny for the next 5 days, yeah!

Oh, two monk seals were up on the beach this morning, then one young monk seal came up on the rocks across the road from the house this afternoon. Nikki got lots of pictures, I will get them loaded and put them on the blog tomorrow.

Finally, Pics!

H on a hillside near Kapa'a.
These were taken our first morning on the cliffs overlooking the ocean behind our condo.


The pool here at Poipu, what I love about it is that it is like a beach, sand and it gently slopes into the water.

Spouting Horn.
This was taken near Kapa'a.
Very colorful chickens run wild on Kaua'i, apparently loosed many years ago during a hurricane, they call them the state bird.
Wailua Falls, as you can see the rain has caused the rivers to all be muddy and greatly increased the amount of water over the falls.

Rain

Sunday was our only sunny day so far here in Kauai. Monday was very cloudy with periods of heavy rain. This AM is looking promising, partly cloudy, sun is peeking out. We are going to tour some of the island today, but we have to watch out for flooded roads, there has been a tremendous amount of rain throughout the islands in the last few days with many people losing there homes.
I have taken some pictures but cannot load them on the computer without my printer connection, so I will either wait for Nikki to arrive with her connection or go to Walmart and make a CD of the pics. Actually Walmart is one of our stops today as we go around the island.
We changed rooms yesterday, we woke up Monday morning to lots of noise in the room above us, thinking it was just inconsiderate neighbors, we waited. The noise continued, so I called the front desk, the noise was workmen doing remodeling in several rooms above us and it will go on all week. So we moved to the top floor with a much better view of the ocean, we can now see all the way back to the cove and watch the surfers from our lanai.

Kauai

Yesterday we arrived in Kauai, HI for 2 weeks. It was raining, but it is so lush and beautiful here. The flight was mostly uneventful, some turbulence at times, but went fast. About 30 minutes before landing a man in First Class created a turmoil, not sure if he was drunk, off his medications, or drank with medications when he shouldn't have, but he wouldn't sit down, walked into the flight attendants area and wouldn't cooperate, he hit 2 attendants, then several big men ran forward and subdued him. There was a pilot in the back of the plane (just traveling) who came forward to assist, they got the man handcuffed, but they had to practically sit on him to get him down in the seat, then they tied him in. Two men stayed there to keep him in place. We were in row 6, so I could see everything. Another man from First Class came to sit with us, told us the man had been drinking during the whole flight. When you are in the air, it is a little scarier, because one never knows what another person will do. But I'm glad to see so many men who were on the aisle seats ran forward to help. H was by the window so he couldn't get up fast enough.

This morning it was cloudy when we first got up, but since then has gotten sunny, even with no sun, it is too beautiful to stay inside, so I am off to take some pictures.

London Bridge

On Monday we went to Quartzsite and on up to Lake Havasu, these pictures were taken along the way.


This is the London Bridge which was purchased from England and rebuilt over to an island on Lake Havasu.


Someone feeding the pigeons near the bridge.
Isn't this beautiful, the marshes along Lake Havasu River.

California Visitors

Christa and Bart came from San Diego for a visit on their way to Phoenix. They came Friday afternoon. We went to see Australia at the movies last evening, went to the flea market this AM, had lunch, then they were off to Phoenix until Sunday PM. It was good to see them. Christa was home to Ohio in August, but hadn't seen Bart since last January.

Thanksgiving

We went to the resorts Thanksgiving Day dinner today, very large turnout.
This couple we met last week at the happy hour and played cards with them that night. Gene and Edna from Vancouver.
Gene and Birdie from Washington.
George and Sheila from Alberta.
Some pictures of the hall where dinner was served.

Post sunset the night before the rain came in.