Kaua'i Chapter

 At the Koa store we found some hats for sale from the Hardwood Hat Company. Too expensive for a joke, but worth several goofy pictures!!

We left rainy Oahu not quite sure how things would be on Kaua'i. We'd heard that they had had a lot of rain and roads were washed out, & land slides, etc. All true. We couldn't reach out hotel on the north beach beyond the town of Honalei the first night. We later learned that the north coast had gotten 36 inches of rain in 24 hours! Well no wonder there were problems!

What was amazing was that we did get through the next afternoon. The work of the highway crews was impressive, really impressive. Trees had come down, electrical lines were down, mud puddles were all over the place, & there had been several slides.

Our first stop, on the way to the Waimea Valley, was to a famous cloth shop that has been in business for 40 years. I found some fabric that sends me. It matches all the puddles!

We went to the Waimea Valley to see Kaui's version of the Grand Canyon while the road workers did their magic. The roads we took were full of the big rain reminders.

Out off shore you could see where all the red dirt had gone!

So this is just a bit of this famous valley. 

 I love the layers! It signifies different substances in the eruptions.

                                                              That's it for now.
                                                                       Aloha!