Kauai- Sunday

I truly hope that everyone isn't sick out of their minds at seeing pictures of our trip, but I have to post them. It was such a great experience and for journaling's sake I need to do it.

Sunday morning Jeff and I went to church in Kapaa. It really is amazing that no matter where you go to church the same things are going on in every ward. The building itself had a really open floor plan. The chapel was a building all it's own with three sets of french doors on every side of the chapel and a set at the back. It was nice to visit another ward and the talks were really good.

After church Jeff and I headed down to Port Allen on the southern end of the island to go on a boat tour of the Napali Coast. There were 18 of us and 4 crew memebers on the boat. The boat had two stories and there was plenty of room for all of us to lounge around. Heading out of the harbor was pretty bumpy, but once we got past the breaking waves the view was gorgeous. To see the Napali coast you have to go by boat, plane, or helicopter. The boat ride was five hours long and it was the highlight of our trip. While on the boat we passed sugar cane factories, beautiful remote beaches, saw the beautiful mountains, we snorkeled up againist a tall rock wall, we ate yummy food, we relaxed, and I took lots of pictures.

Fields of Sugar Cane and a Sugar Cane Factory

This is the rock wall that we snorkled up againist. The boat in the lower right corner is a lot like the boat we were on, and in the same location where we snorkeled. We saw some cool fishes while we snorkeled and we saw and swam with our first sea turtle. In the lower left side of the rock there is a round "eye" in the rock. The "eye" was a tube that lava flowed through the rock when the island was being made.

View of the Napali Coast

A remote beach. There are many remote beaches along the coast that you can only get to by boat, this is one of them. You can see a cavern off to the left of the beach, it is actually an arch and the beach countinues under and off the other side of the arch. The early Hawaiians actually lived in the valleys between between these moutains when they first settled the islands. It is hard to imagine that they could live in such a terrain.

Napali Coast

This mountain range is so breathtaking. The ridges look like they were folded or creased. It was literally one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

View of the Mountain Range as we headed back to port.

If you are ever in Kauai I highly recommend going on a boat tour you won't regret it. Jeff and I had a great time and the scenery couldn't have been better. The ride in was pretty choppy, but well worth it.