Helicopter Tour!

Ready for take-off!

Here we go!

South-west Kauai

Manawaiopuna Falls aka "Jurassic Falls"

Waimea Canyon

West coast of Kauai

The Na Pali Coast - this time from the air!

Our pilot, John.  An excellent retired military helicopter pilot!

Hanalei Bay

Coming out of Mount Waiaeale - the wettest place on earth!

Average annual rainfall - 37 feet!

Wailua falls aka the waterfalls from Fantasy Island!

Coming in to land!

Good food, good fun!

 Mmm...coconut cheddar burger at Poipu Tropical Burgers!

I will never again complain about how expensive groceries are...

Hanging at the pool!

Grilling time!

Sheryl and me at Kalapaki Joe's.  We made sure to send this to all of our coworkers!

 Me, Shaun, Sheryl and Tom at Kalapaki Joe's

Red Rice beer

Awesome chocolate souffle at Roy's!

Sunrise on the beach!

We got up way to early considering we were on vacation...

 ...but it was worth it!

Makawehi Point...and our Longboard Lager commercial!

 Makawehi Point at Shipwreck Beach

(made famous in Six Days/Seven Nights!)

 Because every 5 minute hike deserves to end with a brewski!

Cheers!

No, we were not paid to take these photos :)

 At the actual point

(sorry, we did not do any cliff diving)

Makawehi Point

Someone else's handiwork - pretty neat!

Shenanigans around the hotel

Lunch at the pool bar - getting ready to cheer on the Buffs!

 Water feature at the hotel

Koi pond!

Terraced ponds

Yes, we drank a lot of Longboard while we were there!

Sunset Whale-Watching Cruise!

 This was about 5 minutes before we got soaked and decided that sitting at the front of the catamaran was going to make for a very wet day!

 Spinner dolphins!

 Having a blast!

 Na Pali Coast, here we come!

 Na Pali Coast



 Rock formations - Hawaiian mythology says that they are "moon children" who stayed and played too long and turned to stone when the sun rose...

 Spirit of Kauai sail

Boat wake

 We made it to sunset!

Beautiful sunset on the water!

We did see many whales - just didn't capture any shots of them with the camera!