Road Less Traveled

Day 3- Saw the sunrise! The roosters were doing what they do bright and early..actually it was still dark when the roosters wail- but a lovely sound at that.

We still have not settled on doing an organized tour of any sort. We still haven’t gone to the west coast of the island and we have been having so much fun riding the jeep and traveling roads less traveled! That seems to be my theme. So piece of info…you can not travel the island in a complete circle- we have discovered this the hard way-but no regret cause we seem to keep finding new endeavors despite traveling back the way we came.

We packed light and made our way south and around to the west coast. Found a perfect breakfast joint where you seat yourself, order at the counter, grab your choice of coffee and water and make your way- seemed like service was quicker without the need for a waitress. Not that I want to see wait service diminish but it was a pleasant experience and not too time consuming-we had shit to see! 😉

My meal was great- their cafe’ frys were roasted nicely and the corn muffin was split and a little toasty on the inside. My eggs were omelet style with Portuguese sausage, red pepper, onion and Munster cheese. It was a great meal. Thank you Kalaheo cafe’ and Coffee Co. #kalaheocafe

Onward..

We then went straight along Route 50 past Hanapee thinking we were going towards Waimea Canyon Lookout but instead we ended up on a rough dirt road that had us heading towards Polihale State Park. At the time we were unaware that there was a gem at the end. Because we had a rental and saw signs that said “rental coverage ends here,” we turned back not testing our luck. We ended up back on route and made our way to numerous pull offs throughout the Waimea Canyon.

Mark Twain was correct when he dubbed it as the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific!”

We made our way up and came across this Native Hawaiian. He was interesting and we learned 3 major things from him.

Aloha-broken up in 2 parts; Alo-meaning to share in the presence of..face to face Ha-meaning the breath of life. “To share the breath in another’s presence”

Wie-(pronounced vie) means fresh water which in turn equates to wealth
I– the creator or supreme

Hawaii– only needs 3 things to sustain a simple and righteous life

Ha-wai-I--have your breath, the fresh water to sustain it and all the life around including the creator

We also learned this area is the wettest place on earth..400-600 inches of rainfall a year!

Here was our route back out and heading to the first Brewery! Top down and cruising in the Jeep is fun in itself-we might be getting skin cancer but for the moment we’re loving the air, sun and freedom while we travel Kauai! At one point driving through the canyon I found myself releasing the seatbelt and standing up to get the shots with the GoPro. 😳👍