Annual Kauai Trip

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Yep, what I had was the Hook Line and Sinker.

 

[DeniseM]

Jeff - I'm guessing you get there there by driving down the street that boarders the Coconut Grove Market place on the south side?

It's located at the newly renovated Kauai Shores, which looks like it might be a good location for people looking for short stays (starting at $89 per night.)

http://www.aquaresorts.com/hotels/kauai-shores-hotel/accommodations/guest-rooms/

 

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Not too much planned for tomorrow. We went to FoodLand again and got enough
For us to make it through. Wednesday, I'll be at Little Tsunami for a couple
Of hours then not much planned either so I'll probably be testing Mai Tai's.

 

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Jeff - I'm guessing you get there there by driving down the street that boarders the Coconut Grove Market place on the south side?

Yep, that's right. I went through the North entry for the Coconunt Grove Market
Place. The one you use for Hukilau Lani but you couldn't got all the way through
There. Maybe when all the construction is done but for now you have to go
Through the one on the south end.

 

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Jeff - I'm guessing you get there there by driving down the street that boarders the Coconut Grove Market place on the south side?

It's located at the newly renovated Kauai Shores, which looks like it might be a good location for people looking for short stays (starting at $89 per night.)

http://www.aquaresorts.com/hotels/kauai-shores-hotel/accommodations/guest-rooms/

The Kauai Shores did look pretty good. I'd stay a night or two there. You can see
Them a bit in this picture.

 

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http://youtu.be/qD9bRiSPZhA

Seems like this link works. I caught a whale blow and tail a couple times. There
May even be a flash of a dolphin on here.

There's also so close ups of the boat and sky, I had people going by and a pretty
Rocky boat.

 

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Beautiful morning. We've been seeing some whale blow off in the distance.

http://youtu.be/fGvAbqfGepI

 

[taffy19]

http://youtu.be/qD9bRiSPZhA

Seems like this link works. I caught a whale blow and tail a couple times. There
May even be a flash of a dolphin on here.

There's also so close ups of the boat and sky, I had people going by and a pretty
Rocky boat.

Thanks for sharing but it was rough during your trip as you posted earlier in this thread.

YouTube is great and capturing the dolphin so close-up too.

 

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It will probably show up better in full screen but here a whale from our lanai.
It's a little shakey because I had the zoom up to 10x. Hope you see it. You'll
Be able to hear DW, see saw it really good through the binoculars.

http://youtu.be/H-wWKxju34M

 

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We decided to do the Fern Grotto tour. Just boarding now.

 

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It something that as many years as we've been coming there are still a lot of
Things that we just have seen or done yet. Fern Grotto for one. We did the
Smiths Boat tour and for $18 a piece we had a great time. DW and I talked to
The hula dancer for about 15 minutes because she noticed my Niihau Lei.
Took about and a half. Quite a different boat ride than Captain Andys yesterday.
I'll post some pictures when I download them off my camera.

 

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Time for the first BBQ. Ribeye and DW has to have her hotdogs on Kauai.

 

[jacknsara]

Jeff - I'm guessing you get there there by driving down the street that boarders the Coconut Grove Market place on the south side?

It's located at the newly renovated Kauai Shores, which looks like it might be a good location for people looking for short stays (starting at $89 per night.)

http://www.aquaresorts.com/hotels/kauai-shores-hotel/accommodations/guest-rooms/

Aloha,
This note motivated me to check rates for one night late next January to fill a gap between a Saturday check-out and Sunday check-in.
Turns out the newly remodeled Hilton Garden Inn http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/...inn-kauai-wailua-bay-LIHWBGI/about/index.html is a few dollars cheaper than the Kauai Shores given the Hilton didn't charge a resort fee; plus they have elevators.
Jack

 

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Thanks Jack, that's good information to have too. I can always add a few days
At the Pono Kai as bonus time but I have had a lot of other people ask me for
Places.

 

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Heading to Little Tsunami in a little bit and then may go to the Kauai Muesum.
It's a Little overcast today and high surf again.

 

[DaveNV]

The Kauai Museum is quite interesting. Shows how excellent life was there at one time.

Dave

 

[DeniseM]

heading to little tsunami in a little bit

Ouch!!!!

 

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Ouch!!!!

I got a little sunburnt on my feet from the boat trip but I reapplied sun block
On my calf knowing that's where it was going to go. DW said she could tell
One calf was tan and the other wasn't. So it didn't hurt too much but my
Muscles twitch involuntary on certain areas. He said that was normal on the leg.
Amazing he kept such straight lines.

We went to Dukes for the first time after Little Tsunami and it was great. Just
Like Keoki's but a nicer view. DW said we'd go again. Good Mai Tai too.

Stopped at the Coconut Market Place on the way back. The finished side looks
Great. Hopefully when it's done they can fill it with vendors. Still not much there
Now. I bought my first pair of Island Slippers there though.

 

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After a cloudy start it turned out to be a great sunny day. It's funny rafter all the trips here this is our first time to Dukes.

We did stop by the Pono Market and put our lunch order in for tomorrow at noon.
It's nice not having to wait in that long line.

Here's Kalapaki in front of Dukes.

 

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Nice sunny start to the day. Going to the lighthouse in Nawilwili and to the
Muesum for a bit. We have to pick up our lunches at the Pono Market first.

View attachment 2580

 

[DeniseM]

We want to [see] the the LEG!

What do you do at the lighthouse? Do you start at the Lagoons timeshare and use the golf course paths to get there?

 

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They put a covering bandage on it. It's kind of like Saran Wrap, it clings to it
And seals it off. Some blood and ink seeps out and it holds it in so right now it's a
Little messy. I have to leave it on for one to three days. Last time I did it a full
Day and he looked at my last one and said don't do anything different because
It healed great. So I'll be taking it off just after noon.

This one looks better this early. I didn't get near as red as my other ones. Check
Back later for leg.

 

[jacknsara]

We want to the the LEG!

What do you do at the lighthouse? Do you start at the Lagoons timeshare and use the golf course paths to get there?

Aloha,
Not sure if you mean the Ninini lighthouse, but we've driven there several times over the years. Take Ninini Point St; its paved and in good enough condition for any car. You can get there by going by the Marriott or be turning opposite the stadium off Kapule Hwy. Its very noisy as aircraft come in for landing, but the views are nice.
We've seen people in their lounge chairs spending hours.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/L...1s0x7c071ef73e6eeffb:0x42589a16936480fb?hl=en
Jack

 

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Yep, we go through the Marriott and took the golf course roads to Ninini Point
Street just like Jack said. We figured we go there since the road to the other
Lighthouse is down.

 

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Since DW survived her Skydive, we were able to go to Fern Grotto together.
This picture is smaller because I took it with my phone and we had trouble emailing
It. My cameras battery died after about 10 pictures at Fern Grotto.