Category: North America Travel

The idea came up for some of our friends to do a Hawaiian vacation and some people were gravitating towards Kauai as the island destination.  The group also had a desire to make it somewhat adventurous to earn their time in the...

The Start of the Journey The start of this adventure is at the Ke’e Beach parking lot at the literal end-of-the-road on the north shore of Kauai.  The rest of the northwest portion of Kauai can only be traveled by foot, air, or...

Evening on Kalalau Beach Nonetheless, we have earned our ticket and we are here to enjoy!  We locate a camping spot on the beach and commit after some worry about how far the water would come up during high tide.  We bring...

Kalalau Beach Reveals Her Secrets The next morning we see a curious sight on the beach.  There are people queued up in two different spots on the beach with big garbage bags, near the water and facing the ocean.  We met a Swiss...

Exit Beach Right… In the morning, our alarms go off and we get up to a somewhat clearing sky.  As we got ready and got our packing strategy started, we noticed that the couple next to us are also up and doing the same.  We got...

The Extraction We are tired of waiting all day, we’re anxious, and tense.  But, as we start crowding into this tiny boat, our mood changes immediately.  We have a mound of garbage bags in the middle, our legs are straddling the...