Kauai Day 1

We had a pretty good flight to Kauai, and enjoyed flying in first class. We arrived in the evening and by the time we got to where we were staying in Kahaleo, it was already dark.

We did however see a whale from the airplane and we descended to the airport. The airport is right over the water.

We started off our first full day going to Spouting Horn. The GPS on the phone worked great to get us there.

The picture above and below are at spouting horn.

Here’s the spouting at spouting horn.

Some people say that the hurricane in 1992 broke open the chicken coups causing the chicken population to run free over the island. The chickens have no natural predators and are all over the place. The good thing is that they keep down the bug population.

Near Shipwreck Beach

We enjoyed a little hike near Shipwreck Beach and could look out over the ocean from the cliffs.

We enjoyed a good little hike along Shipwreck beach.

We strolled along the beach in the opposite direction from our hike along shipwreck and passed by The Grand Hyatt.

Costco made its indelible impression on our trip as we stopped there to get some food for our stay. It’s great having a Costco nearby.

Fishing at “Secret Beach”

We rode with our cousins to a special beach for a little fishing. We could post the fishing poles in these special holders so we didn’t have to hold them unless we thought something bit.

We set up the little grills and grilled some food…we grilled some fish…no it wasn’t from anything we caught, but it was Alaskan Salmon we got from Costco.

We didn’t catch anything fishing, but they’ve previously caught three to four-foot sharks over and over again at the same spot.

Unfortunately, the water was murky, probably making the fishing harder.

Winter-time in Kauai brings rougher seas and showers. For some visitors, it will rain their whole trip in the winter, for others, it’s great weather. Our first day was overcast, and a little windy, but other than that, it was great!

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