Glimpses of Our Second Day in Kauai

On our second day in Kauai we drove west see the Waimea Canyon – it was amazing and I’ll post more on that later. We also went to Poipu Beach in the afternoon which will be in another post as well. For now I just wanted to share some photos of the other parts of our day. I hope you enjoy them! P.S. I took so many photos of this view from our lanai (balcony) trying to get the perfect wave photo, that I realized I could make a little animation out of them :).

I love love love this photo Chris took of Gabe at sunset!

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Beautiful Flowers of the Garden Isle

Kauai, “The Garden Isle”, certainly lived up to its name, with lush tropical plants and flowers spilling over every surface – I felt as if I had entered another world!

The condo we stayed at in Kauai had a lovely gardens all around, and a wonderful orchid garden in front.

I enjoyed seeing so many gorgeous plants and flowers – what an amazing place! Please take a minute to look at my slide show of flower photos from Hawaii and let me know what you think :)!

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Our First Kauai Sunset

Here are some photos of the sunset we saw on our first evening in Kauai!

Whaler’s Cove Resort has some lovely benches along the seaside – perfectly situated for watching the sunset :).

I love these silhouettes created by the dramatic evening sky!

What a wonderful way to say goodnight to our first day on Kauai :).

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Sunrise at Whaler’s Cove Resort in Kauai

After a day of visiting Oahu, we took an island hopper flight to Kauai. Because it is off-season and we had a last-minute booking, we were able to get a great deal for a week at an ocean front luxury condo at Whaler’s Cove Resort. Sunrise that first morning revealed the beautiful ocean and swaying palm trees, mountain views framed by abundant flowers and amazing tropical plants, and even sea turtles swimming out to the ocean from the cove. We knew we were in for a fantastic week!

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We’re Back from Hawaii!

Did you even know we were going to Hawaii? We didn’t know we were going either until a week before the trip! Chris had a one day business meeting in Kauai and we decided to turn it into a week-long family vacation :). This is something we have always wanted to do, so it was a wonderful surprise to be able to go for 1/2 the cost – and just in time for our seventh anniversary too :)!

We spent most of our time on the island of Kauai, but we also visited Oahu, where Chris lived for a couple of years in college. Here’s a fun family pic taken at Waikiki Beach with some tropical birds – I can’t believe I let them put that huge bird on my head!

Julia wasn’t in the family photo above, because she was asleep in the stroller at the time. But the bird guys did convince me to open the stroller cover up so they could put a bird on her too. I can only imagine what she was thinking when she woke up to see this little guy laying in the stroller with her ha ha!!

I took over 1000 photos during our trip, so I will be sharing more when I get a chance (free time for blogging is hard to come by these days)! For now, I will leave you with a nice sunset picture of the pool outside the condo we stayed at in Kauai :).