well, that bit of rain that started on Saturday at the Farmer's Market turned into a deluge that dumped 38 inches on our poor little saturated island!
I feel so fortunate that i happened to pick a place up on a hillside on the side of a cliff, so that if anything was going to happen to us, we'd just slide off into the ocean :)
So today we drove all the way around the island (as far as the road goes anyways) and headed up into the spectacular Waimea Canyon...
the dirt is so red here, i just had to get a photo, 'cause i thought it looked cool...
We even spotted a feral goat down on the ridge! (impossible to see in the photo)
Chris decided to show us the signs :)
When we reached the Kalalau Lookout and Pu'u o Kila Lookout at the top of Koke'e State Park, it was completely whited out with fog and a chilly drizzle of rain, so we decided to do our hiking lower where it was still sunny and warmer...
And we were treated to the lovely sight of a beautiful band rainbow stretched across the canyon... can you see it above the falls?
Of course we had to reward ourselves with the best shaved ice on the island... Jojo's in Waimea!
We then proceed to drive the rest of the way up the west side, just so we could say we did it! After braving spine realignment along a jarring 5 miles of an extremely rutted dirt road to Polihale Beach, we were treated to the beautiful remote vistas of the southern tip of the Na'a Pali Coast
The lovely sunset soothed us as we made our way back home....
We slept well after this big day!
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