Waimea Canyon is so pretty and a place you wouldn't expect to see on Kauai. It's like the Grand Canyon. We have visited this place many times and today there was a Native there telling about his traditions. I personally thought he was probably making things up but Carla seemed to enjoy his thoughts.
I thought he was brave standing there in his "nakedness" while the breeze blew his cloth around. He didn't seem to mind. haha
The canyon is beautiful and a fun place to visit. I think Carla and Roger enjoyed seeing it.
Larry and I enjoyed showing them around the Island. We visited a few of our favorite spots.
After seeing the canyon we went to a really nice beach...Poli Hali. We call this beach the Stu Lemmon beach because Stu showed it to us first. I wonder if Carla and Roger will now call it the Ropelato beach since we showed it to them first. ☺
It's a beautiful beach and not many people come to it because of the bumpy road to it. (it's gotten better) We enjoyed listening to the waves crash while we laid back and relaxed. We also enjoyed a lunch here. It was a lovely and relaxing day.
Since Carla enjoys her coffee so much Larry thought she might enjoy the coffee plantation. We had never stopped here before and so it was a first for us. It was pretty and had some fun things to see as we wondered around.
I learned that the coffee bean is actually called a "cherry" and can grow as large as a coconut. The bean is actually the pit of the cherry.
This cool machine goes right over the bushes and knocks the cherries off so they can then dry. The beans don't smell like coffee until they are dried.
Cute sign...it says..."There are only two times a day to drink coffee..AM & PM" "Good friends don't spill the beans." "I don't perk until my coffee does."
Carla is the cutest cup of coffee I've ever seen. Coffee makes Carla happy!
A really pretty tree called the Bottle Brush Tree. The flowers did look like the brushes that you clean baby bottles with.
So much beauty all around us. So much beauty on Kauai!
