Kauai, the Garden Island
We spent our last week in Hawaii on the island of Kauai, the Garden Island. When I think about Kauai, some words come to mind: verdant, lush, beautiful, hot, tropical, paradise, chickens. Yes, chickens. Chickens run wild in Kauai. Chickens are everywhere. The first indication was when I got our rental car -- a chicken greeted me by the car!
Here are some other pictures that tell the story of our last week in Hawaii's paradise (before returning to the paradise of our beautiful Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma!).
Feeding the chickens!
Waimea Canyon, Kauai's version of the Grand Canyon, but green!
The Spouting Horn -- ocean waves create this blowhole through a hole in the lava rock.
Joy and Leigh went to a lei-making class, and Joy created her own lei from plumeria flowers!
More swimming at beautiful beaches!
Discovering a sea turtle on one beach and a Hawaiian monk seal on another!
More good food! Luke's eating chicken katsu curry, and I'm enjoying the Hawaiian favorite saimin with smoke meat (and that's a fish cake in there).
A rope swing at the beach!
Riding a shuttle bus to the end of the road at the start of the remote Na Pali coast.
Hiking the gorgeous Na Pali coast!
Worship at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church with Hawaiian language prayers and hymns and a children's message that was a hit with our kids -- the pastor (Kahu) handed out bandaids, their favorite!
The famous Hanalei valley from the lookout and sunset over the Hanalei beach.
Meeting up with Pastor Matt Robbins-Ghormley from Tacoma's Trinity Presbyterian (also on sabbatical in Kauai) and his wife Amber and their three children Sam, Madeline, and baby Lydia.
Another giant shave ice -- can't get enough!
This is sabbatical rest and renewal -- thanks be to God!
Ready to return to Tacoma with some new Hawaiian attire and a calling to "live aloha."
Here are some other pictures that tell the story of our last week in Hawaii's paradise (before returning to the paradise of our beautiful Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma!).
Feeding the chickens!
Waimea Canyon, Kauai's version of the Grand Canyon, but green!
The Spouting Horn -- ocean waves create this blowhole through a hole in the lava rock.
Joy and Leigh went to a lei-making class, and Joy created her own lei from plumeria flowers!
More swimming at beautiful beaches!
Discovering a sea turtle on one beach and a Hawaiian monk seal on another!
More good food! Luke's eating chicken katsu curry, and I'm enjoying the Hawaiian favorite saimin with smoke meat (and that's a fish cake in there).
A rope swing at the beach!
Riding a shuttle bus to the end of the road at the start of the remote Na Pali coast.
Hiking the gorgeous Na Pali coast!
Worship at Kapaa First Hawaiian Church with Hawaiian language prayers and hymns and a children's message that was a hit with our kids -- the pastor (Kahu) handed out bandaids, their favorite!
The famous Hanalei valley from the lookout and sunset over the Hanalei beach.
Meeting up with Pastor Matt Robbins-Ghormley from Tacoma's Trinity Presbyterian (also on sabbatical in Kauai) and his wife Amber and their three children Sam, Madeline, and baby Lydia.
Another giant shave ice -- can't get enough!
This is sabbatical rest and renewal -- thanks be to God!
Ready to return to Tacoma with some new Hawaiian attire and a calling to "live aloha."
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