Aloha ~ Hawaii ~ Days 12 & 13 ~ Kalapaki & Hanapepe & Waimea

Well hello Mr. Rooster.  You and your friends like to crow not only at dawn, but all throughout the day.

 On Monday we hung around "our area"...

The Nawiliwili Lighthouse by our hotel

We had to find and traverse a rough red-dirt road to get to the lighthouse. The resort is in the background.

Playing at Kalapaki Beach

Hello Mr. Sea Turtle.

He came to feed off the lava rock.

On Tuesday, our last full day (sniff, sniff) we went up to Hanapepe

 and stopped at ...

 which is a little beach made up of crushed glass.  This area used to be a dumping ground and 100 years of oceanic erosion has made old car parts unrecognizable and the sand interesting.  Is that a little rock, or a piece of china?

Hiking along the shelf of volcanic rock

Along the bluff there was a little, old cemetery, mainly consisting of the Chinese and Phillipino residents that occupied this area early last century.

 Then we ate lunch at Da Imu Hut that Tommie's cousin owns.  Her grandpa Fu (Agnes's dad) was there and just celebrated his 99th birthday.  I'm still full.

Salt Pond beach - the only place where Hawaiian sea salt is made.  These types of signs are pretty much at every beach.

Then we headed up to Waimea Canyon ~ Hawaii's Grand Canyon ~ and boy was it ever grand!

Pictures just don't do it justice.

3600' deep, one mile across, 10 miles long.

There was a lookout of Ni'ihau and Lehua Islands.  On a really clear day the view would have been spectacular, but there were a few clouds so we could only see them faintly.

Then to Pakala Beach, otherwise known as ...

 I could totally have one of these properties: several acres of beachfront, nice home in a quaint small town on a beach that's known for rides that last for infinity.

Our cheap little umbrella doesn't hold up well to the breezy gusts that come through.