Beauty Abounds

On to the beaches , rivers and trails with beautiful falls. Saturday was the first day with rain but still much to do and places to go.

We heard there was less rain the further south we could go so we drove to Kealia Beach and Wailuha Heritage Trail & River to see the Twin Falls (famous from Fantasy island) flowing into the Wailuhe River. I've added pictures that are the only way to let you experience the beauty as well. We had lunch a Kalaipaki Joe's on Kalaipaki Beach. Great little restaurant (sport's bar) in competition to the Sea Hawks & Chargers football game. I think there were a dozen TVs in that little place to say nothing of the ardent fans for both teams. What an experience. 

Thanks to our son, Denzle, who captioned the pictures about where we have been and put a place to each picture. Denzle and Gayle have made this a memorable trip so far. They are open to anything we want to do or places we want to see and care for us lovingly each day.

At Kamokila Village I read a history of Hawaiian Spirituality and the importance of love of self and others, respect and caring for each other. We followed the path of ancient sacred places to the "Bellstone" (the royal birthing stone) which as the picture shows is a flat rock that made me thankful for comfortable hospital beds. When the birth was accomplished, the stone was hit to ring throughout the valley. Its message is 'the royal baby had been born'. I prayed at the birthing stone for my grand-daughter-in-law who was in labour. It was a very unifying feeling of love for life old and new. We then celebrated mass at St Sylvester's Church and again I prayed for Andrea, Marc and the baby to be.

Today is Sunday and we awoke to the wonderful news that Andrea & Marc's little girl was born. What a joy and we look forward to further news of this beautiful little one.

Our next excursion was to the Kauai Coffee Plantation, learned a lot and after trying quite a few coffees ordered a few lbs to be sent home shortly after our arrival home and then we have to have a "coffee clatch" to let friends test our choices.

We drove on to Salt Pond Park, in Hawaii you can't buy local salt as it is believed to have health and spirtual value and must only be given as to a friend and never purchased. Then on to Spouting Horn, where lava tubes about 10 feet apart on the shoreline make the sound of a dragon and spout up to 30 feet in the air as the waves come rushing in. Really beautiful. 

We ended our trip watching the whales along the Poipu shoreline as we ate our lunch. Wonderful day.