The shine came off the penny

You know those people who like to vacation to the same place every year or otherwise regularly? I’m not one of those people. My list of destinations around the globe that I feel I need to visit is long and varied.

Generally, the only locations I revisit during time off are places where family lives. Fortunately, that list includes New York City (of which I never tire), Key West and Prague. Not too shabby.

Still, the Hubster and I were thrilled to visit Kauai, Hawaii, recently. About five years ago, we vacationed on Kauai and Maui and loved them both – Kauai more.  Ever since, we’ve been talking about getting back to Hawaii.  Now that we live on the west coast, we hear regularly about friends visiting Hawaii — it’s like west coasters’ Caribbean for vacations. So we figured we needed to do it again, while we are so close.

So we booked a week in Kauai. And we did have a wonderful time. Watching sea turtles and surfers frolic in the waters of Lawai Beach, a five-minute walk from our guest house; hiking to a waterfall in Waimea Canyon; boating and snorkeling by the shores of the Na Pali coast, accessible only by rigorous hiking or by boat; lazing on whatever beach we could find; and falling asleep to the sounds of the waves crashing on Baby Beach.  

Yes, i took this picture from atop the rock wall.