Our first full day on Kaua’i: a walk on Ke’e beach at the beginning of the Nā Pali trail (we’ll attempt that later), a drive around the island that included a Russian fort, Waimea Canyon (!!!), and a chance run in with one of Sarah’s former SCA crew members (from the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness), Sam, at dinner.

Scary aside: while we were at the Waimea Canyon view platform, a young couple decided to take pictures of each other balancing and doing yoga poses on the railing above a sheer drop. They appeared to have some slackline experience, but we both feared that we were about to witness a Darwin Award.

First morning in Hawaii

Surf at Ke’e Beach

Spiny lobster shell?

Another part of the spiny lobster?

Lava rocks

Colorful beach rock

Beach roots at Ke’e

Trees behind the beach

Waimea Canyon panorama

Distant waterfall in Waimea

Waimea Canyon

Waimea Canyon panorama

Sam, one of Sarah’s former SCA crew members!