Aloha and welcome to the final installment of the Kauai Chronicles, sniff and sob! It feels like our vacation was a loooooong tiiiiime ago. I suppose it was about two months ago, no wonder!

Final snorkel session at Poipu Beach. I went snorkeling as well, since I knew it would be our last time for a while. A giant school of fish swarmed around me and I felt a little nervous, before I chided myself for being nervous. What were they going to do, nibble me to death? Have you heard of this pedicure treatment? NIGHTMARISH.

Josh tried to make a video with his iphone through a plastic bag, which didn’t turn out to be any sort of quality video at all, but was pretty entertaining to watch.

Unfortunately we had major underwater camera failure this year–the photos are unusable, just smeary and boring. Too bad!

After our last snorkeling session at Poipu Beach, we drove to Hanapepe for the art walk.

At the very first gallery we went inside, I became enamored with the work of James Hoyle and his equally talented daughter.

If I had several extra thousands of dollars, I would have purchased one of his pieces! So fun and vibrant.

Inside the adorable “Storybook Theatre”, a woman made us the worst (pre-mixed) “lattes” ever…which we ended up dumping after one sip. However, the “Kickshaws” food cart REALLY made up for it…I had the “Decadent PB & J” and Josh had the “Awesome Burger” and the food was heavenly. Couldn’t recommend it more! I’m beginning to dig this whole food cart culture. It’s really hep right now.

After the failed latte, in the garden behind the Theatre. The Hanapepe Art Walk is a really cool thing to do in Kauai–every week, the entire town turns out for the art walk. We saw tons of art and jewelry, handmade quilts, lots of delicious food stands–we bought slices of pie to take home, and I finally got lei’d as well.

Final sunset in Kapa’a, outside our hotel room.

Josh took about 30 photos of the sunset, but I whittled it down to two. You understand.

Proof that I got lei’d, the next day.

Soaking up the sunshine in our last few hours on the island! Oh Kauai!

Finally, flying over Oahu, where we spent our six hour layover at the Honolulu airport. Not quite enough time to do any sort of sightseeing, but I have now spent all the time that I ever need to spend at the Honolulu airport, that is for sure. The Japanese gardens were nice to look at!

So that was it: our nine-day stay in Kauai. Very different from our trip to Maui, but equally wonderful, beautiful, and special. I’m not finished with you yet, Hawaii! Next time…Oahu! Let’s do this thing!

Hey blog, happy Friday. I was 95% sure I was getting sick this morning, but now after dog park and two cups of coffee and an invigorating Gay Phone Call I only feel 25% sick. Happy Pride Weekend, oh my goodness! I still haven’t found a date to the parade Sunday morning, sigh.