Those of you that know me, know that I would much more prefer to be outside then inside. Exercising in a gym just doesn't do it for me. So what a better place to be exercising than on the island of Kauai. Steve and I decided it was time for a trip while children were all in school. We spent the 1st three days on the west side of the island at the Waimea Plantation Cottages. These were original cottages used by the sugar cane workers. They restored them with the original wooden floors, new paint, found vintage porcelain fixtures and island furniture.
As we have been to Kauai many times over the last 14 years, we haven't spent much time on this side of the island except for a trip to Waimea canyon and Polehale Beach at the end of the road. This time we planned for some hiking. On our 2nd day here we did the Alakai Swamp. We did about 6 miles because we didn't have enough food (hadn't gone grocery shopping yet). There were miles and miles of board walk and gorgeous views of the Na Pali Coast as well as the canyon. On our 3rd day we hike from the end of Polehale Beach, rock scrambling to a private cove for a picnic lunch. This was only about 2 miles but the rock scrambling was tough and the warm air kept us sweating.
Day 4 meant time to leave our lovely cottage and head up to the North side of the island where we normally stay. We did a two mile walk run on the black sand beach before hoping in the car for a driving tour by all the old sugar cane factories.
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