cacti

jonathan loves this fish hook and then we saw a statue one in Kauai!

the biggest koi I've ever seen

 pretty colored orchid

 funny growing shaped cactus

 a finch enjoying the fruit of a cactus

 up close - these thorns were huge

 pretty bunch of tiny flowers

  interesting cactus flower

huge cactus tree

 lots of lizards in the cacti

vibrant pink plumeria

 cool looking things growing . . . I don't know what they are ;)

and then we saw some Japanese White-Eyes

eating nectar of a hibiscus

 these are so cute

pit bull vs monk seal

what is it - a view?  a rock?

it's a seal!

and we watched a pit bull walk past it as well as a few people:

jonathan and the monk seal getting some sun ;)

how cute am I?

and then a pit bull joins the party

the seal barks at the pit bull

but the pit bull keeps pestering the seal and the seal eventually goes back into the water

he probably found a different beach to take a nap on - signs say to let the seals rest on the beach and not to bother them - I think that means yer dogs too!

red billed duck

and a different one that has something growing on its left leg =(

hibiscus growing out of a hibiscus

yellow plumeria

pink plumeria

this is the mostly private beach we scouted out today:

the same beach that 6 days and 7 nights was filmed at

a silly pose from a plover

Napali Coast

an 8 mile round trip hike on a rocky, rooty, muddy, slippery hike to Hanakap'ia Beach and Falls . . . we definitely ran out of steam on the last mile back down!

we probably crossed 6 or more different spots in streams

42 visitors who were killed swimming at this beach:

and all eyes were fixated on this swimmer until he made it back to shore - I seriously had chills watching the waves push him closer to the rock ledge, he tried many routes and it was crazy watching him swim against the currents:

there was another guy who was surfing - still crazy if you ask me ;)

rock towers at the beach

one of many beautiful stream paths we had to cross to follow the trail to the falls:

lots of little water falls along the way

the biggest falls is in the background

 jonathan at the bottom of the falls

on the way down

an egret in a screwpine:

view - the ocean was an amazing color blue