Day Two - Kauai Hawaii

2022

May 8

Written By Joel Feld

Day 2 on Kauai:

The first day on this island was going to be hard to compete with, but little did we know, Kauai did not let us down.

Our second day we had fully planned to take advantage of the Gypsy Guide and it took us to Waimea Canyon State Park. Best described, this would be Kauai’s own version of the Grand Canyon, which in my opinion is slightly better. The waterfalls, the lush green trees and vibrant red rocks. It has a little bit of everything here.

As the day went on, we continued to Waimea Canyon Trail. It was hard to not stop at all the lookouts! We pretty much followed the advice from Gypsy Guide which led us all the way to the Pihea Trailhead.

This was an excellent hike! It’s starts right at the beginning of Pu’u O Kila Lookout. If you end up here, don’t stop! Hike the trail a little if you’re able! This is known as one of the wettest spots on earth and it’s not hard to see why. As you travel along this path, you will have the beautiful Nā Pali Coast to your left and amazing scenery or Waimea Canyon on your right.

We were lucky to get an early start as we were still able to catch a glimpse of the water between the mountain ranges, but those views quickly diminished by the cold clouds rushing up and over the ground.

It was a surreal moment literally feeling the clouds moving through you as you hike this path. Pretty soon it was just pure white, as before was filled with color.

We made it past the one mile marker and we decided to turn back around. This was somewhat of a moderate hike, as it was not flat the whole time. We did need to climb up some steep rocks, muddy hills and trees, so a good pair of hiking shoes is a must! Prepare for them to get a little dirty.

After all of this, we traveled back towards Old Koloa Town and found some lunch! We are a huge fan of food trucks and ate at Big Monster Sushi Food Truck. It was quite delicious!

Old Koloa Town has a handful of restaurants, food trucks and little stores, but when we were there, it was always hit or miss if things were open. It was a pleasant little town to visit though.

After lunch we continued with Gypsy Guide and visited the landmark known as Spouting Horn. I’ll be honest, don’t get your hopes up too much. It’s a quick jump out of the car to take a look and cross it off the list of things to do.

However, there is a near by tree right at that location called an autograph tree. We noticed it was written on and people were signing their names on it. When I took a photo on my iPhone and had it do the “look up” feature, it said the type of tree was an autograph tree. So you know, we obviously had to mark the occasion. I tried etching our names but poked a hole every time through the leaf. Leza clearly did a much better job than I.

After lunch we decided to find a beach to relax at and we landed on Shipwreck Beach. No pun intended. This was recommended to us by one of the locals and they told us we would see some surfers and lots of waves there. So we packed a bag, grabbed some the beach chairs (Thanks Maureen) and headed to the sand for a couple hours. It’s hard to find something that you don’t like at the beach.

This was surely one of our favorites beaches on Kauai. It wasn’t crowded and you could tell the majority of the people were locals. Off in the distance there is a little cliff that you can hike to the top of. You will often spot people up here. I guess it’s a well known place for people to cliff jump into the water as well. While we were there, we were fortunate to catch it in action!

Along side the beautiful scenery were surfers and chickens. Yes, more chickens. I’m so used to taking pictures of seagulls on the beach that the chickens were a nice change. And they can be quite colorful too!

Dinner time was approaching soon, so went home, showered and got ready for our reservations at The Beach House. It was slightly more upscale than the ambiance of our food trucks, but nevertheless, the food was amazing. The drinks were “meh”. After dinner, it was time for bed as we had a full agenda for the next day.

Joel Feld https://www.joelfeld.com

Day Three - Kauai Hawaii

Day One - Kauai Hawaii