Kauai trip

Leo, in his "I do all my own stunts" t-shirt at the tide pools.

Kauai was full of these 'baths'. Sheltered (somewhat, you can see the wave breaking over this rocky shelter) pools of relatively swimmable, calm water. We'd swim and snorkel and sometimes get really scared in these baths. There were also many tidepools, little pools full of fish, tadpoles, hermit crabs, and bigger crabs, living in their mini ecosystems set up by a big wave.






Over Memorial Day weekend, we went to Kauai for a little jaunt. We hiked the Alakai swamp trail, the highest swamp in the world, with boardwalk covering most of the 8 miles that we covered. Leo hiked about half of this, making it his longest hike. There was a LOT of fog rolling in and obscuring the great view that we were supposed to get of the Na Pali coastline.

We saw many little green speckled geckos. While these are ubiquitous in Kauai, apparently, they are a rare gecko and not found in many other regions.

The trees have funky bark!

A big highlight of the trip was a catamaran up the Na Pali coast. We were lucky to have mellow seas (the previous days would have resulted in a barfy ride) and clear skies (most of our time on Kauai was in full rain gear). It was gorgeous. We all want to do the 4 day hike, but can't figure out how to do it together.