Kauai June 12:

Today we traveled to the northeast, on the NaPali coast, to Ke'e Beach. Snorkeling was on our mind. Well, it was Saturday, on a 3 day Hawaiian weekend and there were people everywhere! We found a place to park among the trees, cars, dogs ( to the right in this photo) and headed for the beach.You find that in Hawaii, that there are dogs, feral cats and beach bums everywhere you go. Most are friendly.

Lots of people, all sizes and all colors. BUT so were the FISH, all sizes and all colors. Pat had been uncertain, remembering her first snorkeling experience in Hawaii in 1987. We both went twice and had a great time. The fish types and coral were somewhat limited, but still very nice time. Beautiful colors yellow, blue, black and tan were the most common. Butterfly Fish were the most common, yellow and bigger than your hand. They can be approached to within an arms length or so. The biggest fish we saw here were perhaps a foot long.

(Left) After snorkeling, up the cliff to see what things looked like from above, Pat enjoys a rest and vistas.

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(Right) We were not disappointed, this view is looking along the NaPali coast from the opposite direction than from yesterday. Not much beyond the last point is Barking Sands beach and MISSILE RANGE. Son David had several missile test's on the range and had the tough duty of visiting Kauai for that reason. The Forbidden Isle , Niihau can be seen beyond the point as well.

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(Left) We had planned on visiting the Kilauea Lighthouse, well it closed at 4pm and we had missed it. So did 10 other cars full of people while, we were there. A national park at $2 each it looked to us that they were missing the boat. What else is new for a government ran operation? David has tried several time as well, and never open.

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Though the binoculars, it sure looks like "The Feds" have a neat spot.

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The cliffs adjacent to the point that the lighthouse sets on, are covered with white-tailed tropic birds (white dots) that enjoy soaring in the updrafts along the cliff.

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A wonderful day. We thought that we had it made on Ke'e Beach. The shade on the beach looked so cool and the breeze was so nice. Well, I burned the front of my legs pretty good and as a result I had to be more careful (as I would learn) of "shade" in Hawaii. That tropical sun, even filtered through leaves, will get to ones hide.

"Next Day"