Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

Our last full day on the Island of Kauai. We spent 10 days on the Island, and nine full days.

Angie wanted to ride the bike trail, so we rented some bikes and tour a bike tour (about 8 miles we were told) along the shore.

We reached the end of the path.

We then decided to head back to a beach we had been to before: Poipu Beach.

Angie and I snorkeled there, and we did determine that my mask leaked quite a bit, but we did see tons of fish right in the little bay. It was amazing how many fish were there.

The picture above shows one half of Poipu called “Baby Beach.” It’s very shallow, and hardly any waves because it’s a protected cove.

Shelley and Rob told us there were there when the saw a shark about 4-6 feet in length enter the area. Everyone cleared out except for one guy who was snorkeling.

He looked up and saw that everyone was out of the swimming area and standing on the beach, and he hurried out.

The shark swam in there for a while and then left.

The picture above is looking out the other way to the other half of Poipu where we went snorkeling. You can see all the heads of the people out there snorkeling as well as someone standing on one of those standing board things (I forget the name).

After Poipu, we decided to head to a lookout point that is right off the road that I had wanted to stop at. It looks out to the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.

We then went with Rob and Shelley to their neighbor’s ice cream shop and had a treat.

We headed back to the airport in the evening, and discovered a lot of people there waiting in the security line. Apparently, there were a number of large flights taking off that evening.

We made it through okay, but just remember, you can’t take fruit (apples, bananas) into the airport.

We flew all night and made it home safe, and brought back some dresses for the girls.

Megan wasn’t too excited about taking pictures.

They also got some paper dolls.

It was a fantastic trip. One to remember for a lifetime…

Read what happened the previous days in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

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Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale

We got up early and headed to Shipwrecks Beach to watch the sunrise.

We then spent some time relaxing and reading on the beach near Shipwrecks and came upon another Monk Seal.

We walked by the Hyatt again by the shore and snapped a quick pick of a small crane-like bird. There was even a bigger one we saw near this one.

We drove back to Rob and Shelley’s to get ready to a trip to Polihale.

About Polihale:

Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is the western most publicly accessible area in Hawaii, although the privately owned island of Niihau is further west. The beach is miles away from the town of Kekaha, and it can only be reached via poorly marked, dirt sugarcane roads, making a four wheel drive vehicle preferable. The park is several miles long, yet only Queen’s Pond offers safe swimming.

The park is located at the western end of Kauai and has many miles of shoreline that averages about 300 feet from the barrier dunes to the surf line. Sand dunes along the beach can reach heights nearing 100 feet. Driving on the beach is permitted, but obtaining a tow truck would be expensive. The only road to the park is dirt, with many ruts and potholes, and is difficult to access by non-4WD vehicles. The park is located to the north of the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The beach is flanked to the north by the Na Pali Coast mountain ridges. On the east side park is adjacent to the field used for agriculture, that is in turn adjacent to the mountain ridge. Mountains are so close that at night park visitors can hear goats bleating on this ridge. Road access is west from the town of Kekaha. A good local map will be needed. Source: Polihale State Park. (2010, October 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:33, March 7, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polihale_State_Park&oldid=389355211

The road leading to Polihale is a dirt road, it looked a little wet in a couple places at first…

Then, it started to look pretty wet…

There was a huge stretch of mud in the road. We’d dip down a foot or two into the muddy water. We sure hoped we’d make it because no one wanted to get out and push or walk home.

Fortunately, Rob got us through.

The beach was amazing. Looking out to the ocean though, it looked like a storm was brewing. We didn’t want to get caught in something on the way back.

Next to the road for a long portion of the ride, theres a ditch. It looked like when it rains a lot, the ditch overflows making the road conditions treacherous.

Ah, the beginning of the Na Pali coast.

You can see the storm clouds moving in.

We passed these cliffs on our boat ride and on our helicopter tour.

We saw a whale from the shore!

Given that we faced dangerous roads on the journey, the threat of rain, but also the unique and remote beach, the beautiful cliffs, we weren’t prepared to see a funnel cloud form off the shore….

We took lots of pictures, but started to get concerned when we felt the storm and rain were moving our way.

Is the salmon ready yet?!

But every cloud has its silver lining, and as we finished up our dinner as fast as we could, we spotted a rainbow.

Beautiful.

We were able to catch a little bit of the sun there as it set.

Then it was back to facing the road.

Polihale was awesome. We’re glad that we went.

Read what happened next in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

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Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime

At the start of our trip, we discussed a helicopter ride as something that we might do. Lots of other activities were so tempting, but we decided that it would be fun to experience.

The weather presented a challenge however. It was hard to choose a day because of the clouds and the rain. Just the day prior the Grand Canyon area was covered in clouds.

We made our decision though and booked the flight the day before. The scheduler for the helicopter company told us that we’d be guaranteed the front row seats because of our weight…lightest in the front…thank you, healthy eating!!!

Deciding which company to go with presented a challenge as well. There were long tours, short tours and a few tours that landed somewhere on the island.

We found out one of the tours lands at the same waterfall where the helicopter in Jurassic Park lands…how could we not do that one? Just before deciding on which tour, we found out that one of our starter business projects had brought in a little extra money which would almost exactly cover our upgrade to the flight that lands…so we went for it!

Our helicopter as it brought back the first flight of the day. You’d think they’d land coming straight down, but they don’t.

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The weather was picture perfect. Clear skies. Here, we’ve already taken off.

See the big cruise ship? It’s huge compared to the Marriott in the foreground.

We flew right along the ridges.

Flying over one of the ridges (what seemed like just feet above the top), the pilot started playing “Born to be Wild” from his iPod which piped the music through the headsets we were wearing. The picture above isn’t crooked because I’m holding the camera funny. The pilot zoomed us down and we angled left and right. It was awesome! He was going fast too.

Then we entered the valley of the falls and weaved our way around each corner discovering new falls. He said to keep our eyes open for the Jurassic Falls.

There were falls all over thanks to the rains the previous day.

We came around one corner and to the music of Jurassic Park, we laid eyes on the Jurassic Park waterfall!

We slowly made our way into the falls and approached the area with the palm trees to land.

I was about in tears. Jurassic Park is my favorite movie.

There’s our landing pad and the path to the falls.

It’s a good day.

For the flight, we wore these yellow packs that contained inflatable life preservers for use in the event of a…water…”landing.”

For some reason, I paid more attention to the safety instructions on how to use it than I did when on the main flight to Kauai.

There’s the actual pad that was used in the helicopter landing in Jurassic Park. What? Doesn’t look the same? Well the hurricane that came through shortly after destroyed the landing pad. There’s cement rubble all around that you can see. The force of the water from the falls broke it up.

It can have strong wind updrafts in the area and it took them three times to try to land at the spot for the movie. The movie even shows it’s a little bumpy.

Happy day.

We looked up and saw a helicopter fly by. We thought, they’re looking down at us thinking they got on the wrong tour. Only one company lands at the falls there.

Time to get back in.

We then flew up and over the falls and over the top. It was spectacular!!!

We then flew up, over, and into the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. This is where we had been the day before. There’s one of the “Scenic Viewpoints.”

Looks like Sedona, Arizona commented our pilot.

We then flew over to the Napali Coast. Wow. We had seen some of it when in the boat tour, but this was breathtaking.

We were flying right over the ridges.

That beach will be featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie coming out soon.

We flew in to the little canyons in the mountains.

Thought I saw something down below. We were pretty high up, but it looked like a splash.

Cropping the image a bit, you can see better what they are. Dolphins.

We then started flying back over the island. There’s the two, one lane bridges. You have to wait for traffic to pass before you can go.

We flew into more canyons with sheer cliffs and green foliage. In one of them, we even saw goats on those steep cliffs.

It was gorgeous. We saw one of the mountain peaks that you can see only 12 times a year because there are usually clouds covering it.

It was time to head back. What a ride. We’re glad we had a morning tour because it was starting to get warm in the helicopter.

Cleared for landing.

We approached right over the fence and eased our way in.

Brilliant marketer. The pilot had those twenties in there when we got in.

After the helicopter ride, we drove to Secret Beach. We parked at the end of the rode, and wondered where the trail was, but it goes behind a house.

It was a beautiful trail leading down to the beach.

You can see the lighthouse in the upper right.

Not too crowded.

Some of the lava rock just hanging around.

Look at that moss.

Lava pools area.

This proves it, I got a little wet in the ocean.

 

That’s the trail to and from Secret Beach.

Wow.

We then packed up and headed to a famous beach.

We decided to visit a little place called Hanalei (remind anyone of a song?).

We walked the beach a little bit and had great views of the water fall. Look at how massive it is!

We stayed at the beach for a while and then drove to a lookout point on our way back where we could see the waterfall again.

We then wanted to try to catch another sunset. We went back to Kalaheo where we were staying and drove wilth Shelley to a beach they like called Salt Pond. We thought we missed the sunset, but when we looked at the pictures…

 

Looking the other way from the sunset at Salt Pond.

We had a great adventure of a lifetime!

Read what happened next in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

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Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale

We enjoyed a leisurely morning and worked a little bit on our next day’s adventure…

We decided that for the current day, we’d go to the Grand Canyon of Hawaii: Waimea Canyon.

When visiting the canyon, it’s best to pick a clear day so you can see the canyon. Otherwise, it will be covered in clouds at the top.

We started out with a clear day, compared to the other days prior, but you’ll see what happened when we reached the top…

About the Canyon:

Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, is a large canyon, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (900 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. The canyon was formed by a deep incision of the Waimea River arising from the extreme rainfall on the island’s central peak, Mount Waiʻaleʻale, among the wettest places on earth.

 

Geologically the canyon is carved into the tholeiitic and post-shield calc-alkaline lavas of the canyon basalt. The lavas of the canyon provide evidence for massive faulting and collapse in the early history of the island. The west side of the canyon is all thin, west-dipping lavas of the Napali Member, while the east side is very thick, flat-lying lavas of the Olokele and Makaweli Members. The two sides are separated by an enormous fault along which a large part of the island moved downwards in a big collapse.

 

The canyon has a unique geologic history—it was formed not only by the steady process of erosion, but also by a catastrophic collapse of the volcano that created Kauaʻi.

 

Like the other Hawaiian islands, Kauaʻi is the top of an enormous volcano rising from the ocean floor. With lava flows dated to about 5 million years ago, Kauaʻi is the oldest of the large Hawaiian islands. Roughly 4 million years ago, while Kauaʻi was still erupting almost continuously, a portion of the island collapsed. This collapse formed a depression, which then filled with lava flows.

 

In the time since, rainwater from the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale have eroded Waimea Canyon along one edge of the collapse. The cliffs on the west side of the canyon are composed of thin lava flows that ran down the surface of the Kauaʻi volcano. On the other side of the canyon, the cliff walls are built from thick lava flows that pooled in the depression. Over time, the exposed basalt has weathered from its original black to bright red.

 

Waimea Canyon State Park encompasses 1,866 acres (7.5 km²) and is a popular tourist attraction on the island. It provides a wilderness area with numerous hiking trails. It can be accessed from Waimea on Hawaiʻi state road 550, which is 18 miles long and leads up to Koke’e State Park. The island of Niihau, only a short distance west of Kauai at that point, can be clearly seen from the highway.

 

Waimea Canyon State Park. (2011, January 16). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 03:47, February 28, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waimea_Canyon_State_Park&oldid=408295755

There are a number of lookout points along the way as you drive up the canyon. We didn’t stop at all of them because we wanted to make it to the top before the clouds rolled in…

It was pretty cloudy at the top. It was fun to be in the cloud. It didn’t feel wet up there. We tried tasting the cloud, but it had kind of an airy taste to it.

We waited a bit for it to clear as the winds were blowing like mad.

For a few seconds here and there it would clear.

It’s “one of the wettest spots on earth.”

As we drove down the canyon, we saw cars driving up, but we thought they’re not going to be able to see much because by this time visibility on the canyon road was about 20 feet. The clouds had really moved in.

Passing the lookout points were we stopped previously, we could see…that there was nothing to see but cloud.

The road that goes along the canyon ride the top of the canyon, there are picnic areas along the way and camping areas as well.

We drove back down the canyon and since it was cloudy and a little rainy, we decided to do a little shopping. We got a little more food from Costco and a few souvenirs from Walmart. Walmart had a good souvenir section.

I listened to a little “Brother IZ” playing his ukulele on those CD sound displays they have on the wall.

We planned to go out to dinner with our cousins Rob and Shelley and had a little bit of extra time after shopping, so we grabbed out the map and the GPS on my phone and found a cool little bay and pier off Ahukini road close by the airport. There pier is called Ahukini Pier at Hanama’ulu Bay.

The pier was really cool looking. There were  a few people along it fishing. Since we were only going shopping, I didn’t bring our camera. The pier was an amazing site, and I had to take a picture, so I grabbed out my G2 phone and snapped the picture below. I’m happy with how it turned out.

I found however that not bringing the big gun (our regular camera) was a major mistake…

We stood at the pier for a while, and I saw out of the corner of my eye one of the kids that was fishing with her family point out into the bay, and what was she pointing at? -A Whale!

A whale had entered the bay. We watched. Was it hurt? It seems to be surfacing a lot. Is it too shallow in the bay that it’s somewhat trapped? What’s going on.

And then we saw…

 

After seeing that there was a baby, it made more sense.

The mother brought the baby into the more shallow protected bay.

Whether by mistake or on purpose they came into the bay, and once we saw the baby jump out of the water, we knew it was okay.

The baby jumped about 6 times for us. It was amazing!

It was really hard to capture a picture of the baby jumping, but fortunately, we got a little bit of video from my phone.

I tried to get a picture of the whale jumping or surfacing with Angie in the foreground, but these whales, they just don’t jump on command you know.

I took lots of pictures but wasn’t able to get them out of the water. The camera on my phone takes pictures much more slowly than our Nikon, so lesson learned. Keep the good camera with you because you never know what you’re going to find!

After viewing the whale at the pier and having an awesome day, we went with Rob and Shelley and their daughter Olivia out to dinner at Duke’s.

At there house as we were getting ready to go, we caught an awesome sunset off their deck.

After watching the sunset, we headed to Duke’s Restaurant. Duke’s is a pretty cool place right on the beach. Shelley told us that they were there once at one of the tables close by the entrance and a chicken jumped up from the ground an gobbled up a French fry she was holding out to the side!

Remember, there are lots of roaming chickens on Kauai.

About Duke’s:

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890-January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian swimmer, actor, lawman, beach volleyball early player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.

Duke Kahanamoku. (2011, January 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:01, February 28, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duke_Kahanamoku&oldid=410481623

We crossed over a cool bridge from the parking lot and then walked along the sidewalk by the shore to get to Dukes.

When our number was called, the hostess sat us at an isolated table near the indoor water fall. Pretty cool.

We had the mahi-mahi Caesar salad. The Cajun seasoning made it delicious!

There was just one problem…people were calling the mahi-mahi a dolphin. That didn’t sound too good. We’ve heard it called dolphin before, but weren’t sure. We asked the waitress, and she said it’s a fish, not a dolphin.

We looked it up later on Wikipedia, and it is indeed an interesting looking fish not a dolphin.

We enjoyed the meal, and as we exited the restaurant, I wanted a picture of the little statue of the Duke. It was pretty dark, but the trick of not using the flash when it’s dark worked out okay.

We then took a walk down the sidewalk next to the beach and passed the Marriot and some interesting decor they have along the walk.

Ah yes…open ’til we close…

We headed back to the fire-lit bridge leading to the parking lot.

Read what happened next in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

 

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Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls

We went to Church on Sunday and the ward (congregation) was kind enough to give Angie a green leaf lei. They had a lot of visitors at the branch and they gave them to the visitors. It was great.

The church wasn’t far at all from where we were staying, and there were quite a few people there.

One thing that I noticed is that the organ player played the hymns softly and there was a palpable reverence there when singing the hymns.

We took a couple pics on the deck of Rob and Shelley’s home. You can see the ocean in the distance. Angie is proudly wearing the lei given to her at church.

We then took a little drive with Rob and Shelley to Kipu falls. It was raining on us a bit, but it was fun.

The following picture Rob took of us on the short walk to the falls.

Heres the entry to the path.

We then drove along the road and stopped for a minute at the overlook over Fish Pond.

Read what happened next in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

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Kauai Day 4 – Whales!

“Admiral, there be whales here!”

-Scotty – Star Trek IV

Photo: Humpback Whale Underwater – PD Wikipedia

It was so unbelievably cold. Not that the Island was cold, or the water, it was that we were cold…

We got on our boat tour at Port Allen and sailed out a ways until we found a spot with lots of sea turtles and went snorkeling there. It was overcast, and when we got out, it started to rain and the wind really picked up. With the wind, and wet towels around us, we froze!

With that explanation, you’ll understand why the video we took and posted below is so shaky.

 

Even though it was cold and overcast, the whales were jumping! We were able to capture just one good jump on video.

 

A little about humpback whales from wikipedia:

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating.

 

Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. The species’ diet consists mostly of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the bubble net feeding technique.

 

Like other large whales, the humpback was and is a target for the whaling industry. Due to over-hunting, its population fell by an estimated 90% before a whaling moratorium was introduced in 1966. Stocks have since partially recovered; however, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, and noise pollution also remain concerns. There are at least 80,000 humpback whales worldwide. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpbacks are now sought by whale-watchers, particularly off parts of Australia, New Zealand, South America, Canada, and the United States.

 

Humpbacks feed primarily in summer and live off fat reserves during winter. They feed only rarely and opportunistically in their wintering waters. The humpback is an energetic hunter, taking krill and small schooling fish, such as herring (Clupea harengus), salmon (Salmo salar), capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sand lance (Ammodytes americanus) as well as mackerel (Scomber scombrus), pollock (Pollachius virens) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in the North Atlantic. Krill and copepods have been recorded from Australian and Antarctic waters. Humpbacks hunt by direct attack or by stunning prey by hitting the water with pectoral fins or flukes.

 

The humpback has the most diverse feeding repertoire of all baleen whales. Its most inventive technique is known as bubble net feeding: a group of whales swims in a shrinking circle blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of bubbles encircles the school and confines it in an ever-smaller cylinder. The whales then suddenly swim upward through the ‘net’, mouths agape, swallowing thousands of fish in one gulp. The plated grooves in the whales mouth allow the creature to easily drain all the water that was initially taken in.This ring can begin at up to 30 metres (98 ft) in diameter via the cooperation of a dozen animals. Using a crittercam attached to a whale’s back it was discovered that some whales blow the bubbles, some dive deeper to drive fish toward the surface, and others herd prey into the net by vocalizing. Humpbacks have been observed bubble net feeding alone as well.

 

Source: Humpback whale. (2011, February 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:47, February 23, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humpback_whale&oldid=415485425

Compared to a Human, how big is a humpback whale?

Humpback Whale Size Comparison – Photo Source:Chris Huh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_whale_size.svg

We traveled up the NaPali. Our boat was a catamaran which had motors and a sail. It was quite large and had two bathroom facilities on board and a covered deck area to seek some shelter if it rained (and it did).

In the winter on Kauai, it rains more often than in the summer, but the winter provides the best time to see the whales.

So there were were motoring out way up the Na Pali Cost which is absolutely breathtaking.

Our cousin Rob took a different tour the same day and we got a picture they took of our boat tour:

These beaches were used in filming the next Pirates of the Caribbean Movie:

Below is another boat (a catamaran) that was following us:

Our cousin’s tour is in the small boat. Those get pretty bouncy when riding over the waves. They had someone get pretty sick.

Once the sun shown through the dark clouds better, the scenary really light up.

We came across some dolphins:

Look at those mountains!!!

Driving back, the skipper announced that there was a humpback whale ahead.

Not just one whale…there was a cow with her calf. Below the calf is checking us out:

Below you can see the very tip of the mother’s chin and the body of the baby to the right:

The baby decided to put on some aquabatics for us:

After the whale watching adventure, we headed back to the Shipwrecks beach area and walked past the Hyatt to where we could see the sunset.

Walking back from the sunset area, we took this picture of the Hyatt’s little lagoon:

Read what happened next in our adventure:

• Kauai Day 1
• Kauai Day 2 – North Shore
• Kauai Day 3 – Falls, Poipu, and Shipwrecks
• Kauai Day 4 – Whales!
• Kauai Day 5 – Church & Kipu Falls
• Kauai Day 6 – Grand Canyon & Baby Whale
• Kauai Day 7 – Helicopter Ride of a Lifetime
• Kauai Day 8 – Sunrise and Polihale
• Kauai Day 9 – Bike Ride and Poipu Beach

 

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