I finally took a camera to Hawaii. The weather generally didn't cooperate for taking good photos, but here's what I got.
From the hotel balcony we could see the cruise ships come into the harbor every other morning, leaving the following afternoon. My mom kept putting cookies on the railing for the birds.
We repeated an ATV tour that'd we taken on an earlier trip. The weather actually cooperated this day. At the end of the tour, our guide threw some pig chow out for the wild pigs.
The Honopu Ridge Trail has been closed since the last hurricane, but the locals have hacked out their own version. As it turned out, however, the best views were on the inland canyon side and from the top of the mountain. The oceanward tip of the ridge was socked in by clouds.
The eastern trail up Nounou Ridge, aka Sleeping Giant, is a typical Kauai hiking trail. I.e. it includes at least 2 of the following 3 features: a water tank in the driving instructions, a hunter check-in station, and a picnic area at the top. I can never tell from the hiking book if I've already been on the trail or not.
The Powerline Trail is a 4x4 road for hunters, complete with ugly power lines. After (or during) a rain, lots of waterfalls are visible on the opposite ridge.
