Snorkeling at Anini Beach

One of my favorite activities is to swim with sea creatures.  The little Mermaid song comes into my head, "Darling its better, down where its wetter, take it from me!" We went snorkeling our last day on Kauai. A perfect ending to a wonderful adventure with my husband.  Although we captured beautiful fish life, I also want to say the reef, it self, was not as impressive. I know that Hawaii gets lots of foot traffic year around, and that can definitely be a contributing factor, but I also learned that some sunscreens are really harmful too. So please, before you go swimming or snorkeling in beautiful waters around the world, look up Coral reef safe sunscreens. I wish we would have known. James and I are all about not leaving our "footprint" when we go out and explore nature. Humans can do great damage, and not even think about the impact is has on all of us. Love this earth we live on. I hope we all learn to love and care for it a little more. 

This video has a school of strange long looking fish I think they are either needle fish or Trumpet fish.

James chasing the fish.

Na Pali Coast Kayaking Trip

One of the most intense kayaking trips I have ever been on.  This trip started off and ended with calm waters, but the middle was "All hands on deck!"  Unfortunately, I only have photos of the very beginning of our 17 mile trip. We were very sad about that. What is not captured in this post are waterfalls, blue lagoons, dolphins, turtles, epic waves, and a table full of people eating delicious food talking about crossing this trip off their bucket list.  This coast is by far the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen.    

 Sitting in a lava tube listening to our guide blow through a Conch Shell. It was pretty cool.

Tubing Down the Irrigation Canal on Kauai

 On our second day we went on a fun tubing adventure. The tour was only a little over 2 hours, but was a lot of fun. This part of Kauai is actually private land. The irrigation canal helped supply water to the hundreds of acres of sugar cane that once inhabited this beautiful valley.  I thought the hard hat and head lamp were over kill until I went in the first tunnel and wacked my head on the rock wall. There are 5 tunnels, each one was dark and creepy. We caught a couple rapids for some increased excitement. I would recommend this for a family event. I was missing the kids. They really would have enjoyed this.