Just a quick footnote to begin today. The free range chicken were not always so. The hurricane of 1992 destroyed every chicken coop on the island and they never managed to rein them in.
Our last excursion from the ship to the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, got us going at 7:00 this morning. Not many people opted for this early outing after last night's late luau. As we drove into rain on this island that gets 400" of rain in the highlands, the first stop was Spouting Horn at Po'ipu Beach. The sucking noise generated here by this blow hole sounded like there might be some critter - legend has it, it's a lizard - trapped here.
Next stop was Hanapepe Valley, one of the film locations for Jurassic Park. No sun poked through until the shopping stop in the village of Hanapepe with its authentic and somewhat disheveled stores.
Then we headed into the Waimea Canyon on another nice winding road. Despite the overcast conditions, the views were impressive.
Only in America!
One final stop brought us to a coffee plantation.
The ship sailed at 2:00 to return us to Honolulu via a circumnavigation of Kauai. Fortunately our stateroom was on land side so the views continued.
We sailed past the extreme Napali Coast, once again famous for Jurassic Park footage. Interestingly, this sail past was one of the highlights of the trip. National Geographic has named this one of the top 50 most beautiful places on the planet. It's amazing!!
Although we're not yet off the ship, when we arrive in Honolulu, we'll be going straight to the airport for our flight home, so this posting effectively closes down this version of my travel blog. I'll finish off with a couple iconic Hawaiian images. Mahalo!
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