kauai 2013

I am SO late posting this...I know, but when you go on an amazing trip and take 100+ pictures it's a little daunting to post pictures and write about it; which is why it's taken me 3 months. Here it goes...
Every year we go on a trip with my family, and this year we went to Kauai. This trip was a little different because it was the last trip we'd be able to go on with all my siblings since my brother and sister were leaving on missions the week after we got home.
We really did a ton of fun things, but I know reading is a bore, so I'll just post a lot of pictures and call it good!

We stayed at the Marriott in Lihue-it was SO beautiful!

Resort beach

Our awesome pool

While we were there, we wanted to hike the Na Pali coast. My brother, brother-in-law, and sister were crazy and hiked the whole thing (which took them over 16 hours), but that didn't sound like much fun to me. Instead, we planned on hiking to a waterfall. As you can see from the pictures, this hike wasn't the easiest. My mom (who has a bad knee) had a hard time, so we ended up not making it to the waterfall. We had fun anyway! It was so beautiful! The pictures don't do it justice! 

The whole crew...minus my mom

 Another day, we drove to Wiamea Canyon. Again, the place was incredible. Everything in Kauai is so beautiful. It's amazing everything is so lush and green, and then they have this huge canyon right in the middle.

Poipu Beach

 We also went to Poipu beach. We originally went to snorkel, but it was pretty windy that day so we didn't last long. We did see some Hawaiian Monk Seals there, which was pretty cool!...well except for the fact that they just laid there like they were dead...

 We had heard that while you're staying in Kauai you have to eat a Puka Dog, so after we left Poipu beach we headed over here. We had to wait in line awhile, but it was well worth it! Their hot dogs are SO good! They put this special sauce on it (I chose mango relish) and it was delicious! It sounds really sick, but I promise they were way good!

 I think Queen's Bath was my favorite stop. We went there on our last day and I'm so glad we went. We had to hike down to the shore line down to the tide pool (Queen's Bath). There's cliffs you could jump off and water would pour in with the tide. I guess it's only safe to do this a couple months out of the year, because when the tide gets too high, it's sucked people out and they've drown. There were warning signs all over and even a death toll. It was a little freaky...

Warning Sign

 Of course you can't go to Hawaii without stopping for shaved ice every chance you get. 

Dinners

Some beautiful scenery

We had such a fun time while we were here, and I'm so glad we got to have one last trip with everyone there. I'm so grateful my mom lets us go on these trips every year. She's really amazing! I don't know any other mom that would be able to plan something like this all on their own. 

Until next time....