Kauai Part 1 - "The Trip Over...."

[Latimeria]

So much to write, but most of what happened was non-fishing related, so I will try and put together a little bit of a mixture of a post.

Short catch-up post is:

Wife's 50th Birthday and our 20th Anniversary happened within a week or so and I asked my wife what she wanted?  I was thinking a gift and a party, but she blurted out "I want to go to Hawaii".  Not what I expected, but I've never been there, so looking forward to it.

I knew it wasn't going to be a "fishing trip", but I packed a few travel rods in the old suitcase with a small variety of lures.

The trip out was exciting as any good trip should usually start out as.  Unfortunately, our first flight of the morning got delayed 2 hours which already put us behind on catching our second flight.  Realizing we were already going to miss our next flight was a kick in the stomach, but I was hoping something good would happen.  Sure as hell, we get on the plane and the Captain comes on the intercom and says we're going to make up that time in the air.  I'm thinking "why are so many planes late if this is the case?".

It was May 4th, so I doodled a bit on the flight over.  Not accurate, but just my mind having a little fun.



Anyway, we landed in Kahului and had enough time for a c*cktail.  lol



It was one damn fine tasting beer...



We landed in Lahue and we decided to just take a taxi the 6-7 miles to the resort.  We were upgraded from the "Garden View" to DELUXE Garden View as a gift for our anniversary and her birthday.  Get to our room, open the blinds and....  WTF.....

Nice roof building view! 



We already got there and just said we'll be fine since we won't be in the room long every day.  Might have to strategically tat the place up to compensate the "upgrade".





The wind was HOWLING!  25-35 and I heard it was supposed to be like this for 4 days at minimum.  Looking out the window and we were on the quiet side of the building.



Went right to the bar after checking a couple of things out.



The bar was bad ass, but they had one side closed off to block the nasty wind from the beach.



One thing was evident.... Chickens were everywhere!



Saw dozens coming up to the bar just begging for food.







Walked back to the room to get ready for dinner.  On the way up to the room, I noticed there was no "2" in the elevator.  It went L, 1, 3, 4, 5.  Where the hell is 2??? 
On the way back we took the stairs and sure as sh!t...





This mystery will need to be cracked by the end of the week.....

Dinner (as with everything else) was one pricey affair, but looking forward to getting a good meal in.  As I'm looking at the menu, I swore I saw Josh.  My mind's playing tricks on me.



We went for some music and more c*cktails after dinner to wind down the night. 



Walked down to check out the beach to see if the surf calmed down.  Pictures don't tell the story.





Also the beach is COVERED with WOOD!  I haven't seen this much wood since the beaches in Washington.

On the way back, I stopped to see the vending machine "Snacks".  I always liked seeing what other places stuff in their machines.  This place had Combos!  lol



....To be continued....

[vdisney]

Looking forward to the rest of your trip, thanks for sharing Tom

[Tim524]

Squatch  and Josh on the menu

[sasquatch]

Who the f@ck puts egg foam in a Mai tai?

[Tim524]

Who the f@ck puts egg foam in a Mai tai?

Probably ran out of Whipped Cream, it's their Anniversary, remember !

[Latimeria]

Who the f@ck puts egg foam in a Mai tai?

The Mai Tai's at the bar were absolutely extraordinary!  The ones at the fancy restaurant were a little weird.

[jrodda]

I hope you found a way to get one of your nicknames on that drink menu, psoul representing.