Breakfast

Eggs and papaya - Yummy.

The north shore...

What a view to wake up to!
Breakfast is right from the market where we stopped on the way yesterday.
Plan for the day - go all the way to the end of the road (it is a small island after all) - that is after breakfast, and walking the beutiful shore here.

At the end of the road is a secluded beach, where we can actually go in the water a bit.
Also on the beach are nice leaves, coconuts and lots of sand to play with.

On the way back, some views of the fertile valley, and lunch in a small town on the way.
For dinner we were planning to go to the lighthouse, but turns out they only serve breakfast - go figure. Instead, we stopped at a local festival organized by the school, where they had a petting zoo - with ponies too!!! For some reason, Pa was more impressed with the "wreck a car" stand...
We ended up in a very nice restaurant for dinner, where we had some Opah, and it turns out the place only opened 2 months back.

Northwards...

Driving up north, we stop along the way for lunch at the Hilton - nice place, but the beach is eyes only.
Also on the way, a local farmers market, which strangely enough also features a crepe stand run by an Argentinian guy.
Also in the new place, excellent space for aerobics, of which you can see me demonstrating my stork pose.

Niniu

Lunch at the roadside, and I got a new friend.
According to his passport (which you can see me holding) his name is Niniu.

Waimea canyon lookout

We got all the way to the top.

אפרוחים ואמם
Ever since I heard the story of the chicks and their mom I wondered about it, and here they are together...

Kalalau lookout

This morning we decided to go all the way to the top of the mountain, and look to the other side.

Of course, this is the perfect spot for a picnic, don't you think?
Afternoon we visit the ocean, where I can feed the fish, and Mom and Dad go snorkeling.
In fact, according to our local friends who joined us, this is the best diving spot in the island!

Kauai, here we are

After a long flight, we are finally here.
We all unpacked our suitcases - which somehow all fit into the car - even mine!
Yesterday we looked very near the place where we are staying (this is actually the pool over there), and today we went to Lydgate park for some calmer swimming (I am not sure I like my waves that high). In fact, we stopped for lunch and met Sonja right there, getting pizza from the same place. Is this a small island or what?

Pumpkin-day

Weekend this weekend we went to the pumpkin festival.
Actually, the festival was really last weekend, but they still have most everything still up and running - including lots of pumpkins...
Also train/hay rides, petting zoo, music, and a whole host of entertainment.

Along with us are grandma and grndpa, and also my friends Ayla and Dalya.

Check out the pumpkin patch in the background, I think we will have pumpkin soup tomorrow...

Oh, and just in case you were wondering, pumpkins get REALLY big!

Friday

What a fun day at home, building towers...

Playing mess...

And helping Dad to set the table...

Aquarium

Today I went to the Aquarium in Monterey with grandma, grandpa and Mommy.
Fish of all shapes, big and small, thin and fat, and even sea horses (and medusas and other creatures).
On top you can see me looking for the sun-fish (http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sunfish-2-LF.jpg) that as far as I am concerned is the best fish there is. On the bottom I am making a whale.

Guests

Grandma and grandpa came to visit...


And today we all walked to the park.
I love the slides, and can now slide on my own, finally!

Henry Coe and Butterflies in Santa Cruz

A nice day, so we figured to go hiking.
Ronen, Nurit, Itamar, Guy and Yonatan joined us, and we trekked some big trees.
Best of all though, there were these fences you could walk on!

And lest you think this was just a hike, check out the number trail!
Here I found number 5...
After the trek, we sat down for a nice picnic, and decided to head out to Santa Cruz and the beach.

But before going to the beach, we went down to the grove, and we found hundreds of butterflies resting on the trees.
Well, at least some were resting. These are called Monarchs, and appearently they take this time of year to rest right here.
Tens if not hundreds of thousands all come together and rest, and even hibernate the winter.