more Kauai pics

Some of these pictures may look a little familiar to some (ahem-kim)The first one is when we went to the awesome restaurant called the Beach House that is in between Poipu and the spouting horn. It is set right on the beach and has an amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately we didn't get reservations at sunset because we could never decide what to do in advance (nice in some ways), anyways, we got there after the sun went down, but we couldn't have had a nicer table in the restaurant! We seriously were right next to the open window looking out onto this beautiful green grass and then the ocean. It was breathtaking. I wish I was a good nighttime photographer (anytime for that matter), but seriously it was so pretty. The food was soooo good! If you are ever in Kauai-go to this restaurant. Very pricey but worth the money. We didn't go there last time we were in Kauai and after hearing about it from Craig and Kim and Jeff and Rachel, we regretted not going. It's consistenly rated the #1 restaurant in Kauai year after year-so go if you ever get the chance and call ahead for a sunset reservation.
The next picture is of us at the "Fantasy Island" waterfall where they go over it and yell "da plane, da plane!". It wasn't very far from Lihue (where the airport is) and it was very pretty.
The next one is of us at the top of Wiamea Canyon. That was a really good day! We went up there with our friends Bruce and Holly (who were on the island at the same time) and Holly (aka hollakala) took some amazing photos (this is not one of them) I will post those when I get them. The view was amazing. We drove further into the island from this lookout to another lookout where you can see the NaPali coast from 4000 feet up. It was another breath taking moment because when we got to the top there was all this fog rolling over the trail into Wiamea Canyon from the NaPali coast so we couldn't see down to the bottom of the NaPali where the ocean was. We were kind of bummed at first but it was cool because it was so green and lush and it looked like gorilla's in the mist. After we had been there about 30 mins or so the fog cleared in like 60 seconds and we could see the NaPali coast 4000 feet below us through this lush green valley and the blue ocean. It was amazing! Probably my favorite view of the trip. I will post pictures of that when I get them from Holly.
The last picture that I posted is one of the sunsets that I caught with my camera. I was down on the beach by myself at around 6:00 PM enjoying the weather when I noticed all these people coming down with their cameras and sitting right where I was. It took a minute for me to realize that I was sitting facing the sunset and that I had about 10 mins to run back to our room and grab our camera to capture an amazing Kauai sunset. It was so pretty! Well worth my haul back up to our room!
Ahhh-Kauai, I miss it terribly already, and my tan has faded. If not for pictures it wouldn't seem like we really went. I seriously love it there!