2006-jan. 30---Around Kauai Beach Resort:

Yesterday was a long travel day for Ken and me.  Today we were waiting for Dad to arrive.  So it was a good day to hang around the resort most of the day.   This was our 5th trip to Kauai (5th time to Kauai Beach Villas), Tim and FAith's 2nd trip to Kauai, and Dad's 3rd trip.  It was nice having so much family joining us---even though the kids weren't arriving for a few more days.
View from our 2 bedroom/2bath condo

 Our rental car this year---love sitting up higher.

 Our condo is in the Villas part of Kauai Beach Resort.  On the other side is the newly renovated condo-hotel units (Had been a Radisson hotel, now renovated into Hilton condo-hotel timeshare,---at this time---to become Aqua hotels in 2009).  Out of curiousity, Ken and I went and toured one of the Hilton units.  Nice, but just a bedroom and a bathroom and I believe they were wanting something like $450,000 for one at that time!)

I do like the finishes in these units better then the villas, but I much prefer the full kitchen, living rooms, separate bedrooms, ..., of the Villas.

Another view of the Hilton room.

I also love the beach by the resort.  It's not swimable, but it is really long and great for walking along.  It's also not crowded.

Even though the ocean isn't swimmable here, there are shallow areas that are great for wading in.

I also enjoy the 2 black swans that called KBR home.  We've seen them all 5 times we've been here.

Dad arrived safe and sound.  After getting a bite for dinner, we ended up back on the East side for sunset.  Not bad for the East side.

So great being back here!  Even on a low key day like today.