Daily Rainbow Collection - Kauai

Nov 5
from Hanalei Villa driveway

Nov 6
from our balcony at Hanalei Villa

Nov 7
from Kalalua Trail

Nov 8
from the helicopter

Nov 8
from the car on the way to Poipu from Lihue

Nov 8
from the little grocery store parking lot
(same as from car above)

Nov 8
waiting for the boat tour

Nov 9
walking down to the pier for the boat tour

Nov 10
walking to Poipu Beach from our condo

Nov 10
almost to the beach

Nov 10
at the beach

Nov 10
close-up at the beach at Poipu
in all it's splendor and glory--
remember God's promise?

Nov 11
from the condo balcony

Nov 11
last time to Poipu Beach

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.

Poipu Beach on Nov 10

First thing this morning I went around outside the condo and took pictures of things I wanted to remember about this place in Poipu, Hawaii.

our condo

bougainvillea flowers in front of the sign

 condo address

 beautiful flower (Pride of Barbados)

 beautiful flower's bush by the pool
 

view of the pool from our deck

After fixing egg tacos for breakfast, we walked down the hill to the park so we could experience Poipu Beach, and of course...

our daily rainbow

and more flora (Queen Emma Lily)

this vine with fruit was growing on top of a rock wall

this Hawaiian gardenia is worn in the hair

 just the two of us

rocky beach

mossy rocks

It was sunny and nice so we found a spot for our towels and plopped down. We watched a guy surfing, and some families with children playing in the water.
 

that's Tom and me on the beach being beach bums

soaking up a rare moment of pure sunshine

 beachview of the snorkeling pool

looking up

I took more pictures of palm trees and had fun with that, as usual.

a surfer boy catching a wave

As we were leaving we talked to woman who had been snorkeling. She said that she had seen hundreds of fish, so we're going to try to do that tomorrow morning before we check out.

Going back up the hill to the condo I captured the mailboxes

and the perfect name for a Kauai newspaper

"The Garden Island"