Wednesday August 27, 2014 Hawaii Vacation

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Up at 5 am blogging the previous day's activities and saving camera photos to the computer. Kathy got up 7am and spent an hour on the phone with France and Dianne. Had minimal breakfast, washed some clothes and around 10:30 headed out for the days adventures.
We stopped Moloa'a Sunrise Juice Bar at for lunch. Alan had the Blackened Ahi Fish Burrito, a Kauai Chai drink (banana, chai, soy milk and coconut) and peanut butter cookie. Kathy had Smoked Tempeh (add cheese, no mayo, toasted bread with butter) and a Pineapple, Strawberry, and Lime Smoothie and chocolate cookie. The burrito was large, but favor was not good. Kathy's sandwich came with mayo, no cheese and no butter. Had to send it back to remake. The Kauai Chai wasn't good and the cookie tasted like sawdust. Kathy's cookie was also no good. As Bob at Allerton said "edible, but not delectable".
Finally off to today adventures - waterfalls. First we visited Ho'opi'i Falls, off Kapahi Road (look for red and silver horse gate). Since it had rained it was super slippery. Luckily we found 3 walking sticks (literally) and they helped us to not fall. Although Kathy was quite scared, but then I made her laugh so hard so peed her pants. Thereafter, we named the falls "Henepipi Falls" (especially after I had to pee down by the falls). It is around 1000 feet downhill to the river and then 200 feet along the river to a modest waterfall. Lots of pictures of the waterfall and trail. Upon returning to the car, we noticed my boots and legs were mud covered. Kathy wore flip-flops (not the best idea), but managed okay. The next adventure was to drive the back roads Kawaihau Road, then Waipouli Road to Olohena Road to Kamalu Road (581) to Kaumoo Road (580) to Opaeka'a Falls. This falls is inaccessible from the road, but had good views. On the other side of the road was a view of the Wailua River with Kayakers making the trek from the mouth of the river up to a place to hike to Secret Falls. It was one of the adventures we decided to leave for a future trip. Then we drove to Wailua Falls at the end of Maalo Road (583). This was also an inaccessible waterfall (at least for us), but it also had great views once Alan jumped over the 4' retaining wall and walked along the edge of the cliff.
On the way back we stopped at Safeway for some steaks, veges, fruit and Crazy Glue (so Kathy could fix her broken big toenail). We were going to go paddle boarding at Hanalei Bay, but it was too late. So, we drove to the nearby Queen's Bath. Parking is very strict on Kapiolani Loop, but luckily we got a space. The trail wasn't nearly as slippery as earlier that day, but still had a few exciting moments. We wore our bathing suits hoping to get in the Queen's Bath, but unfortunately the high tide made the endeavor too dangerous. However, we did get to see 3 more waterfalls.
Back at the condo, we had a nice steak, potato and zucchini dinner.

Videos - (Note - these files may take several minutes to load depending on your download speeds)
View of Ho'opi'i "Henepipi" Falls
View of Opaeka'a Falls
View of Wailua Falls
View of Queen's Bath
View of Coast east of Queen's Bath
View of Inlet Left/West of Queen's Bath from end of inlet
View of Inlet Left/West of Queen's Bath from Queen's Bath area
View of Inlet Right/East of Queen's Bath
View of Waterfall into Inlet Right/East of Queen's Bath

Photo Groups -
Lunch at Moloa'a Sunrise Juice Bar
Ho'opi'i "Henepipi" Falls
Opaeka'a Falls
Wailua Falls
Queen's Bath at Princeville
Aerial Photo/Map of Queen's Bath at Princeville

Lunch at Moloa'a Sunrise Juice Bar
View of sign from restaurant facing northwest

Kathy at menu board

Alan's lunch - Blackened Ahi Fish Burrito

Kathy's lunch - Smoked Tempeh

Kathy's lunch - Smoked Tempeh

Ho'opi'i "Henepipi" Falls
Alan at unmarked trail to Ho'opi'i "Henepipi" Falls

Close-up of Ho'opi'i "Henepipi" Falls entrance

Kathy with 2 found walking sticks

Notice the great hiking shoes!

Beautiful ferns along the trail

First view of the Kapa'a River (up-river view)

Kapa'a River (up-river view)

Kapa'a River (down-river view)

Ho'opi'i Falls

Kathy at Ho'opi'i Falls

Alan at Ho'opi'i Falls

Me again

Kapa'a River above Ho'opi'i Falls

View of trail going along Kapa'a River

Kathy on trail along Kapa'a River

Start of trail from Kapa'a River back to parking area

Kathy contemplating which trail to take

Last down-river view of Kapa'a River from trail

Last up-river view of Kapa'a River from trail

Old section of trail blocked by trees

Kathy headed back to car

Kathy happy to be walking uphill (less dangerous)

Slippery mud, rocks and tree roots

Worst section of trail (hard, slippery mud)

Not sure why I took this photo?

Almost back to the car

View of mountains and field around 200 feet from parking area

View of gate for view of mountains

100 feet from car (next group of visitors)

Opaeka'a Falls
Sign at parking lot to Opaeka'a Falls

Kathy at Opaeka'a Falls

Closeup of Kathy at Opaeka'a Falls

Alan at Opaeka'a Falls

Kathy and Alan at Opaeka'a Falls

Close-up of Opaeka'a Falls

Wailua River kayakers near Secret Falls

Kayakers on Wailau River

Kathy at view of Wailau River

Alan and Kathy at view of Wailua River

Wailau Heritage Trail sign

Wailua Falls
View of Wailua Falls from behind wall

View of Wailua Falls from behind wall

View of Wailua Falls between wall and sheer cliff

Wailua Falls

Top of Wailua Falls (during torrential rains the water is one full falls)

View of bottom of Wailua Falls

Wailua Falls

Queen's Bath at Princeville
Parking for Queen's Bath

Sign about rare bird nesting area

Trail down to Queen's Bath (slippery mud)

Kathy with walking stick

Dryer portion of trail

Trail to Queen's Bath

Little stream along trail

Stream along trail

Trail

Stream along trail

Stream to Queen's Bath

First waterfall on trail to Queen's Bath

Steep section of trail

First Waterfall on trail to Queen's Bath

First Waterfall

Rare bird nesting area sign

Trail

Trail down thru rocky area

Rocky area

First view of ocean

Getting close!

Steepest section of trail

Large boulders in stream

Trail crosses stream

Second waterfall

First good view of ocean

Sign by citizen warning of deaths at Queen's Bath

View of inlet to left (west) of Queen's Bath (this is NOT the Queen's Bath)

View of left (west inlet)

View of right (east inlet towards Cliffs at Princeville resort)

This is the Queen's Bath (during typically rough waves near high tide)

Another person's photo of Queen's Bath (during calm waters and low tide)

View of third Waterfall that falls into left (west) inlet

Third waterfall

Third waterfall and left inlet

Alan at third waterfall

King of the waterfall

Alan

Alan close-up

Still the king of the waterfall

Alan

Aerial Photo/Map of Queen's Bath at Princeville
You can't see the Queen's Bath when you first get to the ocean
Red lines on left are the Left/West Inlet (this is the first cove you see when you first get to the Queen's Bath)
Red lines on right are the Right/East Inlet (this is the second cove you see when you first get to the Queen's Bath)
Red circular line in middle of photo is the actual Queen's Bath
Blue line is the stream that flows into right/west inlet
Follow the Yellow line to get to the Queen's Bath (this is not an easy walk - you are going across sharp volcano rocks and boulders)