January 7, 2014

3rd day touring Kauai, Hi., they have a flower photo contest here at the resort, so we started looking at all the flowers and took pictures. Not sure what the name of this purple flower is but it was pretty

Yellow Hisbiscus, they were everywhere

Taro Fields in the valley of Hanalei, above and below pictures

Pink Hibiscus above and colorful plants below

Bird of Paradise everywhere

All colors of bougainvilla

Our condo is behind this gray building,view of the moutain and waterfall

Farel roosters and hens over the entire island, the theme of many tourist souvenirs, they crow all night!

Wouldn't you like to have this bouquet on your table.

Neat trees

SUP rentals were abundant, even for surfing in the Pacific

A Woody out front of a realtor's office in Hanalei

Driving into Hanalei

Church in Hanalei

St. Regis Resort on the cliff in the background

Big waves

Beautiful beaches, sand finer here

Haena Beach Park, North shore of Kauai

Hey look at me for a picture, wait, wait, wait

Alright now smile, how's the water temp?

It's okay, your pants will dry quickly

Let's get another picture in case the first one didn't come out, whoops, oh well, you were already wet from the first waves:)

Beach comb'in is so much fun.

Think these are the tracks of a cow egret

A special Mom is always excited about what you find.

Why did the rooster cross the road?

What is this old sailor thinking as he's looking out on the Pacific?  Maybe he's just watching the beach activity, waves coming in of course:)

Do you think the life guard gives out this information much?

A special Mom shares her son's dreams of the ocean:)

Or the dream of surfing the waves

Fun to watch the surfers

Roosters were crowing all night and all day

Hawaiian basket being made out of the palm leaves

The dry cave across from the beach

Tale was a fisherman thought a monster was stealing his catch so he dug this cave looking for him.

Wet cave at the end of the road at Ke'e Beach

The cliff with vines climbing up or down it

Beautiful artwork, this is an example of the many roosters they painted, neat farmers market with local artists and farmers seller than products

The Longan fruit were similar to the clear jell consistency of the Rambutan but sweeter.

Green starfruit and different kinds of Avocados

Ginger root and tumeric root, she dries them and sells the powder, the herbs smelled wonderful.

Left to right paypya, Soursop, Black Persimmons,

We bought a pineapple and the little apple bananas

3 Green fruit in  front are called Soursop, very healthy for you, we bought one

Rambutan like a Lychee,  Vera thought it tasted like firm jello

cute oriental lady selling her fruits

Pillow tops and patterns for sale by the original pattern maker, she lives here in Hawaii,very neat patterns. Her name is Ann Jensen.

Bougainvillea flowers on a big bush.