I had to pause a little while we travelled from the south side to the north side of the island and get settled in. There were lots of pictures from our 5th day, so I got a bit lazy about sorting through them and preparing them for the gallery. The great thing about digital cameras is that you can never really run out of film. The bad thing is that you need to spend more time selecting and processing the best images for viewing. There's something about the north side of Kauai that downshifts everything a few gears and just makes you want to take everything a little more slowly.
Our fifth day in Kauai took us back into the Waimea Canyon for some dayhiking. For this trip, we started at Hale Manu Road, just inside Koke'e State Park, walked on to the Black Pipe Trail, Canyon Trail and Cliff Trail before returning to Hale Manu Rd and our car. (You can click here if you would like to see a PDF containing a trail map for the park.) This was a nice loop, and it gave us some lovely views of the canyon, it's foliage and the Waipo'a Falls.
The day was very overcast, which will become clear in the pictures. For hiking, however, this was not necessarily a bad thing, as it kept us cooler and made the hiking more comfortable, and didn't really change the inherent beauty of the canyon.
There are so many trails and hikes that could be done in Waimea Canyon. If we had been staying on the south side of the island for our entire trip, it would have been tempting to spend most of our time there, taking in the views and watching the clouds roll in and out. It really is a remarkable and special place, I could have sat on the Canyon Trail ridge for hours just watching the view change.
There will be a few videos that I upload later, but for now, you can see the pictures we took by going to this point in my gallery.
Finally, a short video of Waimea Canyon from the Canyon Trail overlook:
Really nice! What a place to be. Thanks for sharing.
I forget exactly where, but Todd Rungren lives on Kuau'i. I don't suppose you've seen a dude in spandex.
I know it seems unlikely, but the unidentified flower in your pictures is a nasturtium. I've seen mounds of them in HI, also morning glory. Since you've been to the Big Island, I bet you've seen the 10 by 10 poinsietta bushes.
Thank you Thérésa for your beautiful photos ! The one you call "Hawaïan wild flowers", looks like the flower we call in french "Capucine" : We recognize this flower easely because she have round leafs. Is-it this one ?
Been enjoying your gallery and 97 is outstanding--very mysterious.