Honeymoon Blog: Day 4

Wednesday 6/ 29

Today, we woke up (in pain), ate breakfast and booked our Catamaran for Saturday!!! We then decided it was time to explore the North side of the island so we started the 2 hour long drive. Along the way, we stopped at what our Bible (the Kauai tour guide book) claimed to be a great, short hike to some swimmable tide pools. It lied. We slide our way down the trail being closely followed by a band of mosquitoes. Once out of the mud and trees, we hiked about a half mile over lava fields only to find the  tide was too high to get to the pools, don’t worry, we could see them from where we were. We had to back track… In the end, we made it to the Secret Beach as well as to the Secret Lava Pools. Connor took a dip in one and we got some great shots.

We continued to make our way up the coast to Ke’ke beach. It was a (for lack of a better word) shit show. Absolutely no where to park. Tickets being issued. Mustangs stuck in mud. Not a good scene… Connor’s sass also came out. We ended up back tracking, though Ke’ke is suppose to have the best snorkeling on the island, to the Tunnels beach. We got a spot right away and we were able to snorkel and have lunch. The “waterscape” was a beautiful sight to see!

We made our way back to our hotel stopping along the way at another farmers market! We got a lei, an avocado, and more apple bananas. We are obsessed with the farmer’s markets here. No idea why anyone would shop anywhere else. 

After the farmer’s market, we cleaned up quite well. Connor’s Mom and step-dad had prearranged an all inclusive dinner at the Beach House. It was amazing. The food was fabulous! We started with cocktail hour, of course! We split a watermelon salad and crab cakes while sipping on our Mojito and Lava Flow! Elise had seafood pasta while Connor had a 7 oz Ahi with mashed potatoes. We watched the fabulous sunset as we ate part of our carrot cake. We returned to the hotel full Full FULL! We cannot begin to thank Connor’s Mom and step-dad enough for the meal. It truly was out of this world.