Our condo at Poipu Plantation
Inside the condo
Our "ocean view", quite nice for the price, actually.
Sunset on Christmas Eve from Gary's condo.
Liska, Gary, Heather, Dick waiting for the sunset.
Marley and Tazlina on Christmas Eve.
Iona swings!
Horseplay on the lawn.
And look who the horses are!
Liska on Poipu Beach, which was a short walk from our condo.
Iona plays in the ocean.
The waves just about get her.
They got her!
Fun with footprints.
Tazlina, Iona and Marley at Brennecke Beach, also a short walk from our condo.
Heather buried in the sand.
Body boarding at Brennecke Beach...we did this a lot.
Monk seal on Poipu Beach.
Sea turtle on Poipu Beach. Patty managed to kick one of these while body-boarding...not something you really want to do.
Patty, Iona and turtle.
Playing in the pool at Gary and Heather's condo.
A train ride with the kids at Kilohana plantation.
Cute hats.
The highlight of the train-ride? Feeding moldy muffins to the feral pigs.
Iona in Koloa town.
A shave ice treat.
Iona loved this Santa, especially the scrape on his knee. Not sure why.....
Iona at Coconut Plantation (a mall).
Taz and Marley at Kipu falls. Gary and Heather jumped. I didn't.
Taz and Iona at Kipu Falls.
Waimea Canyon.
Waimea Canyon again.
Looking down the canyon towards the coast.
Discussing the finer geologic details with Iona.
At Kokee State Park.
The shadow in the fog halo is me taking a picture. And yes, I am holier than thou.
Kokee tree in the fog.
Hiking along the Makaweli cliffs, which are petrified sand dunes from before the last ice age.
Makeweli Dunes and a wave cut bench (apologies for the geography).
Cool Makaweli Cliffs.
And looking the other direction...
Liska, Patty, Iona and Dick along the Makaweli Cliffs.
More cool rocks.
Along the Makaweli Cliffs.
A baby monk seal, born in November according to a local.
Iona "skateboarding".
The Poipu playground, where we spent a lot of time.
The chickens were entertaining, at least.
Yoga in the park.
The view of Poipu beach from the playground.
A hike with Dad (Dick) through the Alakai swamp to Kilohana Lookout.
Most of the hike was on boardwalk, which wasn't in very good shape due to the massive amounts of rainfall here.
A boardwalk junction.
Cool moss.
This spider was probably 4 inched from toe to toe.
The Alakai Swamp.
First view at the end of the trail.
Hanalei Bay from Kilohana Lookout.
Myself at Kilohana Lookout.
The Kilohana Lookout itself.
Spouting Horn, a blowhole near Poipu.
The Kauai Coast from Spouting Horn.
