Kaua'i March 2008

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Saturday - Waterfalls and Spouts

Mom, Dad, Kellie and I made a few stops along our drive around the island. We went up to 'Opaeka'a Falls on one side of the valley. Then we drove out, around and up the other side to Wailua Falls. After a quick stop to look at a tree, we contiued past Lihue and around the south side to the Spouting Horn. This is an area with a lava shelf that sits right at water level. The incoming waves go under the shelf and spurt out through a few of the holes in the shelf. In high surf, the spout is supposed to reach 30 feet or more.

c080329-091936 — Charles on the drive

c080329-092107 — passing the green mountains

sign for the falls, without all the apostrophes

c080329-093622 — 'Opaeka'a Falls

c080329-093724 — top of 'Opaeka'a Falls

c080329-093834 — 'Opaeka'a Falls, vertical

k080329-092900 — Kellie's shot of 'Opaeka'a Falls, you can see how far away it was from us

c080329-094256 — bougainvillea in front of the cliffs

c080329-094440 — more bougainvillea

c080329-094458 — chicks in the bougainvillea

Dad's pic of bougainvillea

k080329-094130 — hen with a few older chicks

k080329-093836 — another tourist took this pic of the two of us at 'Opaeka'a Falls lookout

Mom at the 'Opaeka'a Falls lookout

Dad at the 'Opaeka'a Falls lookout

c080329-094824 — Wailua river valley

c080329-094850 — young chicken

c080329-095006 — Poli'ahu Heiau - ruins of an old temple

c080329-095102 — end of the wall leading to another sign

c080329-095128 — about 3 steps past this sign is a cliff into the valley far below

c080329-095144 — shot of the palm trees over the ruin wall

c080329-095304 — chick hiding under a car. also note the rainbow on the Hawaiian license plate

c080329-101450 — Wailua Falls, fast shutter

c080329-101848 — Wailua Falls, slow shutter

c080329-102058 — Wailua Falls top

c080329-102216 — Wailua Falls bottom

c080329-102346 — Wailua Falls, you can just see a side fall at an angle to the main, in the middle of the photo

Dad's shot of Wailua Falls

k080329-101342 — Kellie's Wailua Falls 1

k080329-101726 — Kellie's Wailua Falls 2

Mom took this pic of what we later found to be an African Tulip tree

c080329-112224 — a wave hits the lava shelf at Spouting Horn

c080329-112358 — main spout on the left, a smaller hole on the right also splashed a bit

c080329-112401 — main spout in action

c080329-112413 — side spout in action

Dad's Spouting Horn shot, much stronger than the ones I got

k080329-112000 — Kellie's Spouting Horn shot, you can just see a big hole on the left... that's the noise-making part of the shelf

c080329-113010 — main spout, slow shutter. I didn't get a very strong wave for this shot

c080329-113142 — main spout slow shutter, a little better