On Wednesday we went out to explore the other side of the Island. We headed out a little later then expected, but for the most part we're not on a strict time table. Our main destination was the Waialai Canyon, sort of a baby version of the Grand Canyon. We drove up abotu 3,500 feet to the top in order to get the best view. It was a beautiful site, much more lush then the Grand Canyon (never been but I've seen photos), with rivers and a waterfall. Fortunatley there was a ramp and we were able to get Mom up there in the wheel chair. Even up that high, we saw a rooster and a couple of chickens, something you see every now and then almost everywhere.

We proceeded down the mountain and looked for the Red Dirt Shirt Outlet. We went to the town it was in, but didn't see it. So I took out the GPS, which led us right to it. Jim is not a big fan of the GPS, so I haven't been using it a lot, but without it we probably woulndt have found it. Jim is more into figuring things out for himself. Me I hate to get lost so I love using the GPS, I even have one in my phone.

The outlet wasn't much of an outlet. It was in a warehouse, had about the same things as the retail store, and only had one thing on sale, everything else was regular retail price. Oh they do give you a free cherry flavored shaved ice - wahoo! :-)

We continued on and stopped at the Kuai Coffee Co. Something Mom saw in one of the flyers we picked up. It was mostly a store with a museum in the back, which was about the size of my living room. There was a short video that we watched on how they make coffee. Kind of interesting if you've never seen how it's done. Seems like a lot of work actually, makes you appreciate the coffee a little more. The outside had some coffee plants, something I've never seen up close before.

We went back to the hotel and got ready for dinner. We at on property at the Tidewater restaraunt. Mom and I had the Mahi Mahi and Jim had the Ahi. We lucked out with the Mahi Mahi because I think we got the last of it. The waiter told the table next to use that there was none left just a few minutes after we got ours.

Oh that was a story by itself. It seemed like they just got engaged that night, maybe just before we got there. They spent the rest of the night sitting next to each other texting - ahhh how romantic. We joked that they were probably texting each other.

We had a good spot at the restaraunt, but I'm not sure there were many bad seats. The restaraunt is round and there open (as is many things in Hawaii), so there are several seats on the outside.

We walked back along the scenic path back to our rooms. I decided to take a walk around the property and discovered a hammock situated between two palm trees right by the ocean. While I was laying there looking up at the stars, I could here some music in the backround. About 10pm the music stopped, a lot of the torches went out, and it got more quiet then it was before. Seems 10pm is when everything ends around here, that's the kind of place Kuai is, a quiet retreat. If you want more action, I guess you go to Oahu and a place like Waikiki.