Kauai day 2 - island drive

We are staying at the northern end of the island, in Princeville, so we decided to drive south on the Kuhio highway and see some more of the island. Since there is really only one highway, we drove to the farthest destination first and then backtracked to the condo.

 First stop: Waimea Canyon.  We saw this from the air on our helicopter tour but we wanted to see it from the ground and perhaps get some better pictures than what I could take from the helicopter.  It's a steep, somewhat winding drive to the lookout point, but the view is awesome! We took some pics and bought some fresh coconut and pineapple from a little fruit truck. There is nothing like really fresh pineapple! Yum!

We drove down from the canyon and stopped at the spouting horn, a lava tube that spouts seawater when the waves push water through it.  It spouts about 20 feet or so into the air. We also saw a sea turtle in the little rocky pool to the right of the viewing platform! 

Next stop: Nawiliwili Harbor.  This is where the cruise ships dock but also there is a nice beach on one side of the breakwater.  Watched some people taking paddle board lessons, one woman was really having a hard time of it, but I admired her persistence- she never gave up. :) 

We drove on through Kapaa to Kilauea Lighthouse. It is located on a rocky point surrounded by a wildlife refuge. From the lighthouse area we could see lots of the booby birds in the trees, we also saw frigate birds and albatross.  The Hawaiian state bird, the Nene goose, was also in attendance.