Today was our relax day around the condo. We slept in and then decided to go hike around the beach below the cliffs we discovered the first afternoon we were there. The water looked calm and Princeville is home to one of the largest reefs in Hawaii, so we decided to check that out to see if it would be a good place to snorkel. Our "check it out" trip turned into a 3+ hour "adventure" (according to Dallas). We had no water, sunscreen, snorkel gear, or camera, but we hiked probably a good 3 miles along the beach front and lava rocks. We discovered a hidden waterfall around 30 feet long along our hike, which we planned to come back to with a camera. Once we got a long way down the beach front I convinced Dallas we should turn around and go back the way we came instead of trying to find our way back up the cliff through neighborhoods and what looked to be a long winding road. We determined later, by car, that we made the right decision, and it would've been a VERY long hike back to the condo. We took the car down to the beach we ended up at on our hike with our snorkel gear. Our first attempt at snorkeling was pretty much a complete fail. The water was pretty cold and we only saw 2 fish! The surf had been pretty high near our condo so we figured this had something to do with the bad snorkeling.
Since snorkeling was a fail, we decided to go to the last beach on the North shore of Kauai to watch the sunset, as we read this was the place to watch it from. We could see the very end of the NaPali coast from here. There were a lot of people at the beach with the same idea as us. The sunset was very pretty, but something we noticed on our trip, was that the colors were not near as beautiful as the last time we were in Hawaii. I'm assuming that has something to do with the winter months and the trade winds.
Even though I teased Dallas about our "adventure" we had a pretty fun day together just doing whatever we felt like. Dallas could probably be a professional rock hopper!
NOTE: Click on the photos to enlarge them.
This is a very pretty treeline we drove past nearly every day. We both think they look like Bonsai trees, but are unsure if that is what they really are.
Sunset photos at Ke'e Beach.
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