Kauai

My mother-in-law has been on the island visiting for the week. She has been to Oahu multiple times, and last minute said to us.. how about we go to Kauai or Maui for a few days since you guys have off work WTF?? really!? ... We have been dying to island hop since we got here.
After deciding on Kauai and much searching on priceline we found a good deal on flights, a cheap hotel(more like nice apartment that was bigger than our own) and car rental, then we were off to the island. Sadly our flight to Kauai  was shorter than our drive to the airport. Haha

We traveled cheap. When we arrived we went to wal-mart and costco and got food to pack lunches and eat breakfast and dinner at nights, and plenty of hydration. The original plan was to camp and we are very glad we did not do so. Something about a bed to sleep in, and a goods night's rest sounding better than being grumpy on vacation.

Our first day we ran a few errands, checked in our hotel, rested a bit and went on a drive around the island to explore. It is seriously BREATHTAKING. The island is BEAUTIFUL!

Day two we explored the west side of the island. pretty ugly, but went to Waimea Canyon and it was amazing. Alot like the grand canyon in Az only alot greener. We were supposed to hike, but decided to explore more of the island.

Day three we hiked the first 2 miles of the Na Pali Coast. It is normally an 11 mile hike in, and 11 miles out. The first 4 miles are to a waterfall, but we decided to just explore the amazing beach at 2 miles so we could have more time to see what else the island had to offer. Plus, after two miles we were ready to be done. Na Pali coast is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen and by far the best hike i have ever done.
After Na-Pali we decided to head to queen's bath which is supposed to be a really cool place to swim however the TIDE was way too high, so we just watched the waves hit rocks and a partial sunset instead.

Na Pali Coastline

(Queen's Bath)

Our last day on the island we went water fall searching and saw two amazing ones. Wailua falls, and another one i dont know the name of. They were just accessable from the side of the road. We spent most of the day looking for things to do because it was raining so obviously the beach thing was out, and we were going home this day. We ended up just stopping at all the little shops and enjoying some window shopping.

(Opeke somthing falls)

Wailua Falls

not sure the name of this one. :)

Thanks Candi for a wonderful trip. it was amazing to get to see another island. Kauai is pretty small in comparison to Oahu, but has a very different feel to it. The final conclusion we came to was that Oahu has better beaches, but Kauai has AMAZING scenery full of lush green EVERYTHING.