Scott & Stacy's Adventures: Last Chance at Paradise

We woke up this morning with this looming feeling that whatever we want to do here, we have today to do it. The weather made the decision pretty easy. It was raining. By raining, I don't mean raining, I mean RAINING! Flash flood warnings and all. We weighed the options and threw caution to the wind. It's too close to going home to sit in a hotel room all day waiting for the storm to pass.

We threw in a long-sleeve and headed out. First stop was the Kauai Coffee Company. The largest coffee plantation in the United States. We were the first people there, as soon as they opened at 9:00am. It was so nice. There was a break in the weather and no one else there so we took the self-guided walking tour. Because it's not picking season, the fields were really quiet. It was very educational and a good decision to start the day.

Heading back to our town, we pulled off to see some falls. The rain came again. I mean the RAIN came again. The road was overflowing most of the way up, but we figured that the falls would be incredible. We were not disappointed. We used the resources we had with us, our long sleeves to cover our heads and a plastic grocery bag to cover the camera, and we hiked out to get a look.

Next stop was a last chance at snorkeling. We really didn't think this was going to happen today. We borrowed some of Erica's gear, debated several times about going, put on our swimsuits, and figured what the heck, why not. We drove to a beach Erica had suggested yesterday. The RAIN stopped about 1/2 mile from the beach. We were able to get some really good snorkeling in and never got rained on. The best part was that the beach was not crowded at all because of the weather.

We ended the day with dinner at Erica's house. We met her friends Rob and Fran and Gwen. Dinner was great, and the company was even better! It was a nice way to end out Hawaii vacation. Be sure to check back again, as I already have some thoughts about my next post.