Last Day of Dream Vacation Begins

11/11/11

sunrise!

 

 

a breakfast of champions - scrambled eggs,

raisin bran with bananas, fresh Hawaiian pineapple,

and Kauai Gourmet coffee

  

our daily rainbow

little birdies on the deck railing

waiting for sunshine so we could go snorkeling
 

 

blogging while waiting
 

beauty on the walk to the beach

(red ginger)

a second daily rainbow

heavenly hibiscus

http://joansjoys.blogspot.com/2011/11/hibiscus-collection.html

the philodendrum of your dreams

beach flowers growing right out of the rocks!

Campanulata?

close-up of beach flowers

great playground for family fun

traces of rain

Here we're walking through the Poipu Beach Park headed back to the condo.

We forgot to take pictures of us in snorkeling gear in our rush to "just do it" before the next cloud cover. The  fish are more colorful and the water is clearer underneath sunshine. We saw lots of brightly colored fish and other sea creatures. It was my first time to snorkel, ever. I requested a life jacket to wear, and it was just perfect to keep me afloat so I could enjoy the experience. We only had an hour to see what we could see in the sea, but it was plenty of time. I think I swallowed some salt water so I felt a little sick on the walk back to the condo, but was fine after a shower. The time had come to pack up and leave Poipu. :(

Tom taking a suitcase and the recycles to the car.

Kauai Coffee

We were driving down the road back to Poipu after getting off our boat tour in Port Allen and I saw the Kauai Coffee Shop sign so we had to stop!

 

sidewalk art
 

coffee beans 

coffee bean bush - one of many in many rows

We walked the 1/8th mile walking tour.

I took pictures of all the other walking tour markers,

but liked posting the interesting plants more, for now.

a row of very large Norfolk Pine

I used to have one until last winter!

No freezing weather here. Ever!

Plumeria tree with blossoms

We think this is a sugar cane plant. There are no more sugar cane plantations on Kauai. The last one shut down in 2009. But they do still have some sugar cane plants because we could have bought some fresh sugar cane, but we opted for fresh pineapple instead. It was scrumptous.

old piece of coffee bean processing equipment

"Wet Plant" for coffee bean pulverizing process, with auger on this side

weepy looking plant with awesome blossoms

(Weeping Bottlebrush Tree)

 

Weeping Bottlebrush blossom - beautiful!