Kalalau reward: Hanakapiai Beach

Deena is very, very happy to be here.




I, also, am pretty stoked. Here's what we're seeing:




Nope. Doesn't suck.

Lucy makes friends freaking everywhere.

Kalalau trail.. OMG

"Are you fucking kidding me right now?"




Deena and Viren starting to "feel" the power of the Na Pali.




The group has now managed a few tough rises into the valley and is about to drop into a whole new world. Probably one with dinosaurs.



I know a little about flowers, but I don't know this one.




Wild orchids along the trail. Yes, this is happening.

Anini. Seriously.

That's a keeper.




Evans looks deep in thought. Don't worry; he's probably not.




I mean really: what's wrong with this guy? We don't know.

Sunset at Ke'e

No shit. This was one of several shark sightings - sharks of the bitey variety - since we've been here. Eight people of our group saw a 12+ foot tiger in Wainiha Bay this same day. A 15 foot tiger surfaced in Hanalei Bay in pouring rain Saturday afternoon, and Deena and I were swimming in Hanalei Bay Saturday, in that same pouring rain. They like the murky effluent from the rain-swollen Hanalei river, I guess. I've never heard of this much activity on the North shore here.



Uh, not sure.

Haena wet cave

Hanalei day

Meeting of the minds.




Rayn is happy to be here.




Lucy and Lincoln, sitting on a beach. K-I-S-S-I-N-Geech.




Viren never gets the hang of this.



Fuzzy, wonderful buttcrack.



Deena ia happy to be here. It's in her top-two favorite spots on earth.

Grampa Tom and bather Lincoln, chillin'.

Waterfalls!

Opaekaa Falls.




Scott and Viren admire Opaekaa Falls. Yes, holding hands.




Directly across the road from Opaekaa is the South fork of the Wailua River The big falls are on the North fork. I give Rayn bunny ears and freaking school her.




Rayn and Secret Eric at Wailua falls (Fantasy Island falls, also known for the "Do the Dew" commercial).




Viren at Wailua falls. He wants to jump despite the previous fatalities. Later that day, he rode a shark.

Kilauea

Back in Hawaii, on Kauai as usual. BUT.. there are a dozen of us this time..

This is the true story... of twelve close friends and family... picked to live in a house...play together and have their lives photographed... to find out what happens... when people stop being polite... and start getting real...

The Real World: Kauai


Kilauea lighthouse and wildlife preserve. The Westernmost lighthouse in the United States. We goof off.




Deena gives Viren bunny ears. She clowns his ass.




Rayn goes "Rawr."




Tiny, very fuzzy, baby frigatebird. Photo by D.

Kauai 2008

Um, OK.. I'm a little behind in posting (I still owe Maui 2007 and Japan 2007, plus some various road trips - I'll catch them up *soon*). But let's just move on..