FEb. 4, 2014---hanging out on the east side until our flight:  DAy 18-

 We went to The Beach Walk for breakfast again.  I had the cream cheese stuffed Hawaiian bread french toast.  It was very good!  
Then we walked along the beach at Lydgate park for a while.

 We like to look for whales by the lighthouse by the airport, so we hung out there for an hour or so.  Saw lots of spouting, but no breaching.

Just some random shots with the beautiful clouds and palm trees.

 And open land.

The Aloha sign by the airport.  Too bad we were saying Mahalo!

The end to another fantastic Kauai vacation!  All in all, the weather was outstanding---only 1 day where we had rain all day.  Snorkeling was as great as always, even though we were only able to go to Tunnels 1 day due to the surf and didn't get to snorkel Kee.  We were surprised to see all the solar panels and food trucks.  We haven't been here in 2 years and it seems like there were more changes in those 2 years than in the whole 10 years before that.  We had our first North shore stay and enjoyed it, albeit only 3 days.  Traffic seemed better with the added lanes in Lihue.  Time went way too quickly!!!  I'm already missing the singing birds and the colorful flowers (and fishies), not to mention the 100 shades of green!  I'm working very hard on getting our trips extended to at least a month!   Until then---Mahalo!