2009-Feb. 25: Lawai

Today was a little different. The kids called and said they wanted to ride in their convertible and that they would meet us at Lawai beach. So Ken and I attended the Pahio (Wyndham) Kauai Beach Villas owners meeting in the morning. Heard, again, about the proposed new pool they've been promising us for 4 or 5 years now. Only thing different this time is now they are no longer denying that we owners won't have to pay a special assessment for it---in the tune of about $700 or so (probably twice that for us since we own 2 weeks a year).Shortly after that we were on our way south. I always love the views along the way, like these farm lands--

 and the jagged mountaintops.

We caught up with the kids about 1pm at Lawai. We all snorkeled for quite awhile.
Unicornfish

 Lawai is the only place around Kauai that we see Black Triggerfish

 surgeonfish

Then when Ken and Josh were lounging on the beach while Angie and I were still snorkeling, they witnessed a really neat event and were clever enough to record it.  2 young monk seals came to the beach right in front of where we were sitting.  

 it's rare to see 1 monk seal, let alone 2, so this was pretty special.

  Angie and Josh left us on the beach and took off to sightsee on their own a bit---so we thought (more about that on a later date). We did meet back up with them about 3 for a late lunch at Tropical Burger in Poipu. That was the first time we've eatten there and I was rather impressed. Service was good and friendly and our burgers were really good---with a wide range of choices for burgers. They were about $10/burger and fries, but that's not bad for Hawaii.
Angie and Josh then went on their way. They wanted to get back and cleaned up so they could attend Ash Wednesday at the historic Lutheran church in Lihue.  They loved the church, mass, and said everyone was incredibly friendly.

Ken and I just drove around a bit, then went to Safeway for a few more groceries---such as their delicious large deli sandwiches.