Haha I am cracking up right now because I just sat down on the balcony to write about the rest of day one and Sarah tried to walk out a few min after me and crashed right into the screen door.

Never a dull moment haha.

So we continued to driving on 56. Stopped at the Kilauea lighthouse as we got to the Northshore. It was beautiful and Sarah snapped a killer pic.

Then we drove a little further and got out to walk Anini Beach. It was awesome, the little white sand crabs were cracking us up and it felt good walk along and wade in the water.

We played with the GoPro’s remote app on our phones a bit too much and the batteries were dying so we decided to head towards home.

We got back to Kapaa and walked in some of the shops around town. We stopped at a little Mexican place for happy hour Margeritas and some chips and cheese. It was just alright…I really wanted Poke.

We both felt like an afternoon pick me up and had iced coffee on the brain. So we got back in the jeep and decided to head for the South shore and Kau’ai Coffee Co. We meandered back through Lihue and took the Hawaii Scenic Byway stoping in Koloa to look around and admiring the coast.

We saw a ton of people taking advantage of a photo opp at Spouting Horn. We got out and tried to snap a pic of ourselves with the natural water fountain but we weren’t totally successful. 

We had 15 min to make it to Kauai Coffee before they closed. We left Spouting Horn and made it in roughly 10min. 

For anyone who is a coffee drinker, this place is heaven. 30 different flavors of coffee to try as much or as little as you would like. It was delicious. It is set on a beautiful piece of property filled with rows of coffee bean plants. Off in the distance to the south is a view of the ocean, and to the north the majestic mountains. Amazing. This place is seeping further and further into my heart. 

On the way back we took a rogue turn and had a quick visit to Wailua Falls. The falls were epic and I was captivated by them. Sarah however was way more captivated by the locals hanging out with their dog and some wild pigs. Haha.

We headed back to Kapaa. Decided to clean up and venture out for some food. The struggle to find anything that looked good and was fairly priced happened once again. The sun sinks and this place turns into a ghost town. 

We settled for a Thai restaurant down the street a ways. It was dead and overpriced, but the spring rolls were amazing. We decided to just munch on a couple appetizers and beers and then headed back to retire for the evening.

Day 2 awaits…