We have decided that Waikiki may not be our favorite place for morning coffee. I don’t think we would have a problem waking up in Kaua’i every morning. Although, a couple of us really aren’t interested in the view quite yet.

We don’t need to head out for today’s activity until 11:30 or so, so we took our time getting ready. We grabbed a light breakfast at the hotel and just enjoyed this view for a while.

Then it was off to the Koloa Zipline!! I booked this activity a few months ago, and Mike said then that he would give this a try. However, since we got to Kaua’i and in light of the prior motion sickness issues, he said this was going to be a game time decision. So, we arrived at Koloa Zipline, and after using the last bathroom before we took off, we headed to check-in. Koloa ZipLine is on the old Koloa Sugar Mill, so lots of old sugar cane fields, a hand-dug reservoir, and gorgeous views.

We got all of our gear, and of course had to love on their puppy named Napoleon. He’s suited up, still deciding…

We loaded the truck to head to the first line, and Michael go tickled different at all the different skins tones of our family.

Last chance – Gotta decide to jump off or head back…

Leo and Michael jumped on and were on their way. I followed for a quick line. We got to the other side, and waited…

HE DID IT! And more importantly, he liked it!

Line 2 got a little longer and faster so we snagged a video for evidence, that Mike not only ziplined, but loved it!

Every line got longer or faster or higher – it was so much fun! And we met the nicest families: one from Chicago and one from Los Angeles.

By the time we hit Line 4, we were flying like superman (which made you go even faster). But it was a little more uncomfortable for the men versus the women because of how the harness fit.

First, he’s not sure if he going to zipline and now he’s switching up positions?!?! Who is the Hawaiian version of Mike?!?!?!

This may be one of the coolest things we have learned ever… This is a Hala Tree, also called a walking tree because they will move 10-15 feet over their lifetime. The male and female versions will move toward each other. The roots are above ground and will grow, die, and grow in different directions taking the tree with it as it searches for a mate. The fruit looks a little like pineapple but it is definitely not – extremely bitter and quite the laxative 😬

At line 6, we could go upside down if we wanted to try. Micheal said “absolutely!” Leo said “if he can do it, I can do it.” And I said “when am I ever going to get this chance again?” and Mike said “yall are nuts!” 🤣

We took a break on top of one of the hills for water and some of the best granola bars I’ve had. One of our guides assured me that I could find these on Amazon. (I hope so since I have become addicted to Maui Chips which you can’t get on Amazon unless you want to pay $12 per bag??? Maybe Santa has a connection 🤪)

Before we started Ziplining again, our guide, Jaidan, asked if we wanted a dinosaur picture? We are on the island where they did film shots for Jurassic Park, of course we want the dinosaur picture! So Jaidan grabs a nearby plastic dinosaur and says look at the top of that tree and look scared…

Some people are getting tired… or maybe tired of my picture taking?

We made it to line 8, the longest (almost half a mile) and fastest (54 miles per hour). This has to be the longest zip line I have ever seen!

We jumped on, going Superman style to go the fastest way possible! Because why not?

BEST DAY!

After all that, we were starving, so we headed first to a little place Mike found online and our guides said was great! But they were closed on Wednesdays ☹️. So we tried another place they recommended that made Michael’s heart smile – Mexican food 🇲🇽 and the name… Da Crack 🤣.

Everything smelled delicious! Da Crack offers no seating, so we headed back to the hotel with our box of Mexican food and had lunch on the balcony. (We could have sold that food for 5x what we paid because it smelled so good on the elevator).

We decided to spend the rest of today being lazy at the pool and ocean. However since we were running out of clothes, we did do a few loads of laundry in between pool/lounge chair times. We dropped a load in the washer, set the timer on my phone, and scooted in every 43 minutes from the pool.

These two ♥️

Since we were still sort-of full from our late lunch, we decided to head back to restaurant at the hotel and have appetizers and desserts.

And of course, another astrophotograph 😊

Tomorrow is our last no travel day, so we are going to be as lazy as possible and enjoy every minute. It is starting to hit me that once this trip is finished, we only have one more state before we can check off all 50!?! And then we will have college boys.

I suppose we better start thinking of our next goal 😉