kayaking the Hanalei River

Today we kayaked on the Hanalei River through the taro fields of Princeville. Gary and Mel had a kayak and Kay and I had another- Carol was back at the condo painting. We got a little wet from the rain, but it was really fun.

Another day in paradise...

Today we went to the National Gardens at Limahuli in Hanalei.
It's an old Hawaiian village in a valley..........

It was a great 3/4 mile walk through the gardens...........

We saw great examples of their terraced gardens/ fields with the water/ stream running through.

a walk to the beach

This morning Gary was off golfing at the Princeville course and Mel, Kay, Carol and I walked to the Princeville Hotel (which was bought out and is being renovated- supposedly to be the #1 hotel in the world) and down to the beach on Hanalei Bay. It was drop dead beautiful!!!

This is a view of the Taro fields (poi)-In the afternoon, we went back to Poipu where Gary bought a beautiful Koa ukulele.

kauai bound.......

After a nice flight from LAX to LIH by way of HNL, we stopped at Hamura's local saimin (Hawaiian noodles).

Then we drove up to Princeville and our rental condo at "The Cliffs". We're just short of Hanalei Bay. Its really nice.

The next day we drove to the end of the road- Ke'e Beach and checked out the sights between.Across the road from Ke'e beach was a wet cave.

We ate in Hanalei at a converted old school house- rather unique.

Next we walked the beach at Hanalie Bay.
The mountains around were beautiful...........

great waves for the surfers,
and a Hawaiian girl paddle boarding.A Honu (turtle) surfaced for us.

The next day we drove to Kilauea Lighthouse and national bird sanctuary- for the red footed boobie.
Here the state bird/ goose a Nene' is posing for us.


That night we went to a slack key Hawaiian guitar concert by Doug and Sandy McMaster- it was very informative and really good.

Obama party

Today we had a Move On Party for Barack Obama. We called people in Ohio and Indiana and the ten of us made over 350 calls..................
It was really fun.

back to Sam Maloof's

Philip and Matt Mouthrop were doing a wood turning exhibit at the Maloof Foundation. It was a kickoff for their show at the del Mano Gallery in LA.

They had some beautiful vessels on display.

Our neighbors, Duane and Joan (they went to China with us) bought a piece from Matt.

Here they are standing in from of the piece they bought.

Its a beautiful ash leaf maple (box elder) vessel- not bad for 2K+!!!

Philip (left), Sam (right) and Matt are having a discussion with Kevin Wallace, the author of their book, Moulthrop: A Legacy in Wood.

Sam is sitting in front of a walnut table he sold for 100K, then there was 30k each for 10 chairs- not bad!! and it was for a residence- trickle down??



Sam's explaining some of his collection........
Here Matt and Sam are negotiating for a huge piece of ziracote.

Phishing

Since we were at my favorite lake, I ,of course, brought a kayak. Is this a beautiful place to fish or what!!

Lake Skinner

We went camping at Lake Skinner with some of Carol's brothers and their families. It was great company and good weather.

Dutch treats..........

Sept. 18-22
We were the lucky hosts for Cor & Karin Bekkering from our sister city Leidschendam-Voorburg in The Netherlands. They were wonderful guests and we thoroughly enjoyed their stay.