Today we started with a ride on the Grove Farm steam train at the old Lihue Sugar mill. These tracks are slowly being restored. Although the train trip itself wasn't very long, it was awesome to hear the stories of what life was like on Kauai when the sugar mill was in its hey-day!
After the train trip, Geoffrey created his own playground on a stack of extra railroad tracks and did "work" by carrying sticks across the tracks and hefting them onto a flatbed. We stayed for a bit and then headed over to the Marriott where they had an awesome koi pond. When you fed the koi, they piled on top of eachother in a crazy frenzy. Geoffrey got to feed the koi and even pet them because they were so compacted together.
We walked around the grounds - the pool was beautiful and their stretch of beach was gorgeous. The NCL Pride of America was in port. We walked to Kalapaki beach hut and had burgers for lunch. They had a small seating area upstairs with high booths that you could sit in and see the view of the ocean from the restaurant. For desert we had the most delicious shaved ice - the texture was soft and velvety - perfect!
After we walked back to our car, we drove out to Nanini Point - there is a cool lighthouse, as well as a 180 degree view of the ocean.... and a geocache! Yes, I remembered to look up some Kauai geocaches and I was excited to find one!
We swung by walmart and then headed home.
We had dinner at our condos tonight - we ate over in Gary and Donna's unit tonight. M academia mahi-mahi, sweet potatoes, rice, some raddishes we got at the farmer's market, and salad. Oh and fresh pineapple! Yum!
Afterwards we went out to the parking lot to try to fly a kite, and then took a walk down to the beach to look for sea turtles and throw rocks in the ocean as the sun set...
After the train trip, Geoffrey created his own playground on a stack of extra railroad tracks and did "work" by carrying sticks across the tracks and hefting them onto a flatbed. We stayed for a bit and then headed over to the Marriott where they had an awesome koi pond. When you fed the koi, they piled on top of eachother in a crazy frenzy. Geoffrey got to feed the koi and even pet them because they were so compacted together.
We walked around the grounds - the pool was beautiful and their stretch of beach was gorgeous. The NCL Pride of America was in port. We walked to Kalapaki beach hut and had burgers for lunch. They had a small seating area upstairs with high booths that you could sit in and see the view of the ocean from the restaurant. For desert we had the most delicious shaved ice - the texture was soft and velvety - perfect!
After we walked back to our car, we drove out to Nanini Point - there is a cool lighthouse, as well as a 180 degree view of the ocean.... and a geocache! Yes, I remembered to look up some Kauai geocaches and I was excited to find one!
We swung by walmart and then headed home.
We had dinner at our condos tonight - we ate over in Gary and Donna's unit tonight. M academia mahi-mahi, sweet potatoes, rice, some raddishes we got at the farmer's market, and salad. Oh and fresh pineapple! Yum!
Afterwards we went out to the parking lot to try to fly a kite, and then took a walk down to the beach to look for sea turtles and throw rocks in the ocean as the sun set...
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