Waimea Canyon

Red dirt waterfalls.

Tuesday was filled with another drive south. We drove the Waimea Canyon to the end of the road. There were so many places to take pictures it took a bit of work to keep moving forward. We stopped a lot! Linda, Julia, Mike, and Rayelle took a hike to try to get to Waimea Falls. It was the same hike Linda and I did the first time we visited the island. I waited in the shade at the car. My back would not let me do a hard four-mile hike. The four hikers walked into the dense forest and reappeared two hours later. They never made it to the trail end. It was a hard hike over roots and very slick ground. They decided to turn back after chatting with several hikers who told them that the hike ended at the falls but you could not see the falls due to it dropping over the top edge into the valley. I remembered that fact after they had returned.

Looking across Waimea Canyon.

We ate lunch in the shade before loading back into the car. We continued up the canyon and stopped at some viewpoints. On the way back down the mountain canyon road, we pulled over and took some pictures. At Waimea, we stopped at the famous Jo Jo's Shave Ice shop and got a small shave ice for each of us. They consisted of a big scoop of macadamia nut ice cream with a huge mound of shave ice on top. They were just the right ticket after our canyon adventure. I had a coffee-flavored ice. It was so good. We all savored every bite.

Early Wednesday afternoon, Linda, Rayelle, Mike, Julia and I walked to one of the many golf courses. There was to be an Art and Music Festival that happened each Wednesday. It wasn't much of a festival with just a half dozen vendors and one guy playing his guitar and singing. They were disappointed but enjoyed the walk. Later that afternoon, we split the team up and the Andersons went to a Hula and Fire Dance demo while Linda and I rested and used the area around the pool. It was very relaxing and we enjoyed the time just resting and enjoying the sun.

Waimea Falls from the canyon road.