2006-Feb. 6---kayak tour and lawai snorkeling:

Today the kids wanted to go on the kayak tour and hike to a waterfall.  Sounded like fun to me, but Ken wasn't up to it.  So I figured it would be nice to let them go on their own.  Afterall, they're now staying at KBV in our condo with us now.  They did use my underwater camera, though, so I figure that gives me the ok to post some of their pictures---doesn't it?
Their tour took them up the Wailua River close to Kapaa---great views of Sleeping Giant.

 They had a pretty big group going with them.

 beautiful place for a kayak ride.

 Now---on to the hiking part.  They're ready for the wet trail.

 bye kayaks

 good thing they were ready for a wet hike.

 still smiling

 chickens everywhere!

 the beautiful waterfall.

 time to cool off in the freezing water

 the lifeguard

 or is this the lifeguard?

 the guide took them into a clearing where everything was covered in ivy or kudzu, or whatever.

 huge leafy plants in the wild.

 more of the green valley

 Back in the kayak and back to the dock.  They said it was much harder coming back with the wind in their faces.

 Meanwhile, Ken and I explored the East side a bit while we waited for their return.  Love all the palm trees.

 our view of the Sleeping Giant.

 Had to document this name---Hanamaulu.  Tim kept teasing that was his new last name.

 Once they were done with their hike, they were ready to go sit on a beach, so we headed South.

 I always love seeing this flag with the mountains in the background.

 We ended up at Lawai.

and into the water to see our fishie friends --- school of ring tail surgeonfish

 rock mover wrasse

 face on the floor of the ocean

 tear drop butterflyfish

 school of yellow stripe goatfish

reef triggerfish

 bird wrasse

 school of convict tangs

 coral head with a cleaning station by it

 cleaner wrasse working on a school of convicts

 racoon butterflyfish

 saddle back butterflyfish

 moorish idol

 stocky hawkfish

 parrotfish

 Tim

 Faith

 love how different kinds of fish all hang out together.

It was another great day.  Too bad they're going so fast!