Finally After 15 Years!

It took us 15 years to finally make it to the Island of Kauai. It had nothing to do with our method of transportation ;-) As some of our closest family and friends know; our original honeymoon destination was Maui and Kauai, but because of unfortunate circumstances we were unable to visit our original honeymoon destination and we ended in Oahu (which was not bad, had it not been raining the whole time). Fifteen years later as we were planning our 15th anniversary celebration, we decided to visit Kauai for the first time (we made it to Maui about 5 years ago). It was certainly a long wait but well worth it!

We are extremely fortunate to be staying at the Grand Hyatt resort in the Po'ipu area. An enormous, beautiful and magnificent resort on the island. As if that wasn't enough, our friend Stephani upgraded us to Diamond Status, which means that we have an ocean view room with Regency room access and truly amazing service.

Yesterday we decided to explore the island and we drove up to the north shore. While we were there we got to see very green and lush scenery as well as breathtaking views. We even got to visit an old lighthouse. Alec loved the opportunity to participate in a scavenger hunt.

Today we decided to go for a "nice" hike to the Waimea area. We didn't hike the Waimea canyon, because that would have taken all year (Waimea is the Grand Canyon of Kauai), but we hiked alright! It was about 7 miles round trip with treacherous inclines and terrain that was like no other place we had hiked. fortunately for us we had an awesome breakfast at our resort, so we were fueled with extra unleaded! God was good to us today, we woke up to a gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean from our room, we had good food, a great workout, a magnificent sunset, absolutely perfect weather (about 74 F. and breezy) and the opportunity to view and to wake up to something similar tomorrow. With more next time... Aloha!