Aloha blog! The dogs have been walked and fed, Josh is off skiing (it’s 80 degrees here in town–go figure), and I have a tall glass of iced coffee with coconut milk sitting beside me so it’s TIME to continue the Kauai Chronicles. Are we still on Day 2? Yes we are. Here’s Josh outside Poipu Beach for our first snorkeling excursion.

We gave it a good shot, but Poipu Beach was far too windy, so we tried our luck at Salt Pond Beach next.

Well, Josh did anyway. I decided to skip the snorkeling and just “relax” on the beach.

Except it rained on me the entire time! Oh Kauai!

After lunching in Waimea, we drove to the Waimea Canyon, which promised to be the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific“.

It was beautiful, but extremely windy.

Gorgeous colors.

There’s that fella.

Smiling through the wind.

The photos with the new camera turned out a little dark…

This one with the old camera looks nice, though. Waaaait a minute, was this a different day? Hmmmm.

The old camera has a great zoom, too. Look at that gorgeous waterfall!

We stopped at another lookout point on the drive back to the hotel. If you look far into the distance, you can see two other Hawaiian islands.

The dirt in Kauai is red, and stains fiercely. Lots of stores sold “famous red dirt!” shirts, but why? Earth tones? No thanks. Speaking of earth tones, today was “80’s Day” at work so I finally had the opportunity to wear my “I Don’t Do Earth Tones” tee-shirt to work (along with a neon orange skirt and neon yellow Converse). My outfit received a lot of smiles!

At the general store near our hotel, these pretty green shells caught my eye.

We had the best coconut lattes I’ve ever had from Grinds Cafe before we returned to our hotel. Then, motivated by caffeine, we took a nice long stroll on the beach while the sun slowly set.

Evidently late April is a great time to go to Hawaii, because we pretty much had the beach to ourselves.

His first authentic Hawaiian shirt. Mawwww. My father would be so proud! My father would pair it with Uggs, though. Pops and his fashion sense.

I couldn’t straighten out the horizon without chopping Joshy’s head off, but that aside…I love this picture. We look so tan and happy!

I love finding things like this on the beach.

The waves on the East coast can be strong. We resisted to urge to walk on the slippery rocks.

Siiiiigh. Oh, I can almost hear the sound of the waves.

Sunset over the coconut grove.

I had to test out this hammock at a neighboring hotel. Josh took a little convincing to climb aboard.

“What are they going to do…kick us out?” I said to him (they didn’t).

Looking up, from the hammock.

The sunsets were not as spectacular as the Maui sunsets, probably because Kauai was a great deal cloudier and stormier. Still pretty, though.

I think this photo of the storm clouds is really beautiful.

That evening for dinner we bought “poke” at the Kapaa Safeway. I had never heard of poke, but Josh had–it’s raw fish that has been “cooked” naturally by citrus, smothered in seasoning and mixed with several different ingredients. At the Safeway they had an entire poke bar, so we chose two different kinds and ate them over green salad for dinner. It was one of the best dinners we had all week!

Coming up next: Day three: a grueling hike, more snorkeling (featuring a giant turtle) and pasta pasta pasta!