2009-March 5: Kee, Tunnels

I get to start off this blog a little differently! We actually saw blue stuff in the skies on the east side today! No rain, lots of clouds, very little wind, about 70 degrees... .
We checked the surf forecast for today and saw that it was only suppose to be 1-3 feet high in Hanalei today, so we headed north.
As we went through Hanalei, we decided to head to the beach there to see what the waves looked like. The lots were packed and somewhat flooded, so we didn't stick around Hanalei. There was a lot of standing water and high springs throughout the north side. Looking towards the mountains, you could see lots of waterfalls along their faces. Looked like the north side must have gotten lots of rain in the past few days.

We thought it was interesting how the surfers decorated the stop signs in Hanalei with surfer stickers.

From there we went straight to Kee. The lifeguard said it was a great day for snorkeling both there and Tunnels and took the "no snorkeling" sign down as we stood there. Since it was only about 1pm then, we decided to hang out there for a bit. The water was great---very calm.

Of course my underwater camera did indeed bite the dust after yesterdays bath, so I wasn't able to get pictures there today.

I did drag my DSLR out and got a few pictures above ground.

 Kee from the Napali side of the bay

 Wanting to take advantage of the great conditions, we headed over to Tunnels for awhile, too.
Here is a picture showing how calm the water was today. We were there at low tide, too, so lots of the "tunnels" were showing. (one of my all time favorite pictures of Tunnels)

A short ways up the beach was a large sea turtle enjoying the sun, too.

Another picture of tunnels.

This was taken farther up the beach by where yet another monk seal was resting.

Just another look at my favorite mountain view.

Here we made friends with our Cardinal buddies.

About 6pm a rain squal sent us fleeing up to the cover of a tree.

We decided since the sun doesn't set over the ocean from Tunnels, we would head back to Kee for sunset. Plus we were able to use their brand new bathrooms to change out of our wet clothes.
The sunset at Kee was pretty much another dud, but at least it was pleasant sitting around waiting for it.

By 7 we were on our way back toward the east side. In Kapaa we stopped at Pizza Hut and had their dinner buffet. It was actually quite good! And a lot cheaper then Brick Oven Pizza! Then it was back to the condo,

That ends a really great day in paradise!