For my birthday Nick and I went to Kauai. It was incredible! Honestly it was so beautiful that my pictures of the island don't do it justice. Nick kept teasing me that I needed a camera on my head to take constant pictures because I kept asking him to take pictures of everything. We hiked through the jungle, through the canyon called the grand canyon of the pacific, and on the amazing north shore. I've never seen so many different sites and been in such awe! We just kept our hiking shoes in our car and went when we felt like it. It was funny because the days we ended up going on hikes I was usually in a dress and my shoes looked hilarious with what I was wearing. When we went hiking through the canyon we ended up at some waterfalls. We were below one waterfall but literally on edge of the next one that dropped over 100 feet. It was kind of scary but sort of sureal! Oh, and the joys of passion fruit. I love tropical fruit but passion fruit is my favorite!! Nick went to town on pineapples. I refuse to admit how many times we stopped for shaved ice or boxes of macademia nut chocolates.
We went snorkeling a bunch and were amazed by how many fish and the types of fish we saw. One day we even saw a huge turtle. One was on the shore and we swam with one. We also saw seals and whales. It was incredible! We were lucky enough to get a mustang convertible as our rental car because they thought we were on our honeymoon. I don't know how many times we were asked if we were 21 and just married, it was funny! One of the best days was going to Kipu falls were you could jump off the waterfalls. We met a local guy who showed us some awesome cliffs to jump off, caves, and natural lava pools, he was so nice. I think my very favorite day was the hike on the north shore to Bali Hai (from South Pacific). It was spectacular with several waterfalls, cliffs, beach views and the amazing Na Pali coast. That night we went to Luau with tons of food and an awesome show. What a good ending to a wonderful vacation. Nick and I are already looking for airfare to go back, actually Nick was looking at houses so we could move there!
