One last morning with this view and our little coffee shop, and then we said goodbye to Oahu.

We went right by what has become my new favorite road: Do you like it or do you likelike it? 🤣

Car returned, traversed the TSA line (and met the nicest lady from Lexington, NC who works there – she told us what’s been going wrong with Mike’s tickets that has forced him to go back through ticketing twice at every Hawaiian Airlines flight.) and were at our gate ready to go

We made it to Kaua’i, the oldest island in the Hawaiian island chain.

Rental car picked up… this one took a little maneuvering since it is technically an SUV but a smaller SUV. Smaller suitcase in the backseat, and we were off. We headed into Kaua’i and grabbed lunch at the Kaua’i Beer Company. The food was outstanding, and the service was … adequate. Honestly, I think we arrived at a time when most folks were just there to drink beer, so we will give them a break on being slow on service

Kaua’i is the green island and now we know why. There is vegetation/greenery everywhere! Yesterday we saw the area where they filmed a lot of Jurassic, but the scene with the waterfall was filmed here in Kaua’i. Despite those big mountains, Kaua’i is also the flatest island.

It may be the flatest and greenest, but it may also be the most beautiful. Or at the least the Grand Hyatt Resort is the most beautiful resort we have ever seen! We arrived and were greeted with leis and “alohas” all around. They definitely have it figured because you walk into the hotel and are greeted with this view: Ever seen anything more Hawaii than this?

And this place is HUGE! The resort covers over 50 acres including multiple pools, hot tubs, water slides, a lazy river and golf course. We decided we are glad we didn’t come here first, because we may never have left. For all the hustle and bustle of Honolulu and O’ahu, Kauai is just peaceful.

We got settled in our room, and then headed out to check out the beach. Again, it looks like a postcard. But these are definitely more the waves you would expect in Hawaii. Boys decided to go check out the pools, and Mike and I stayed at beach.

We finally found the boys in the pools and had to check out the fruity-drinks on this island too – the virgin daiquiris are delicious! Then we spent a few hours swimming floating and checking out the waterfalls and rocks.

We watched another gorgeous sunset… we gotten a bit addicted to watching the progression of the sunset – so if you see me standing in my backyard watching it at home, just keep walking 🤪

We had dinner at the resort and our waiter, who was nice but the fastest talker I’ve ever met, told us that astrophotography worked really well here since there very few overhead lights. (To save you the Google search, because I already had to do it, astrophotography is taking pictures of stars) Leo gave it a try and looks like the next few days of posts will now end with astrophotographic shots 🤣

Tomorrow we heading off resort for an activity 😏 and to check out the Grand Canyon of the Pacific 😊