Today I barked at a dog
Jun. 6th, 2009 04:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenToday we woke up early to get a head start on the day. Well, I did. I woke up at 6:40 AM because we'd gone to bed at 10:00PM the night before - we were exhausted last night. Matt was coming out of the condo and overheard an elderly couple talking:
"I can't let you plan it," spatted the wife. "No, I can't."
The husband retorted, "I'm not gonna go snorkeling. I'm not gonna go skin diving and if I let you plan it you would have me doing all these things."
Flailing her arms, the wife yelled in her best Queens accent, "I can't let you plan it because I can't trust you."
Giggling about that exchange, we started driving at 9:30 and headed to the Waimea Canyon. We made our way through Lihue - again - and went further on to the other side of the island. The trip up was very windy and very steep. Halfway up the mountain I realized that we had about 1/2 tank of gas and I thought, "That should be fine to get us up and down."
While I stopped to take pictures at the overlooks, Matthew mostly stayed in the car's A/C. He's not that into mountains (I had forgotten this tidbit before we started out and he didn't think that we'd be going through mountains.). The views were spectacular. By the end of the canyon trip, we had no more words, frankly. Breathtaking, stupendous, awesome, awe-inspiring, and other words started escaping our vocabulary. The Grand Canyon is interesting because of its depth and colors, but the Waimea Canyon is mostly red dirt, but lush and green.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mondragon and faghatesgods took the same trip up, but unfortunately were met with mostly thick fog. We happened to have a clear day; all the weather reports and travel sites said it was a crap shoot whether we'd have good views.
We went all the way up into the Kokee State Park, but found fog where we should have been able to see the ocean. We did get some decent views of Nihoa and Lehua (islands off the south western shore of Kauai) later on.
On the way down the the mountain, our gas tank showed less than 1/4 tank and Matt was basically asleep. I mentioned we were low on gas, so would have to put the car in neutral and turn off the A/C in order to get down safely for a fill-up. So, he white-knuckled it all the way down, remembering a recurring dream he has of driving down a mountain at break-neck speed and going off a cliff, not knowing how far he would fall. I had forgotten that dream until he mentioned it again because his blood pressure was soaring.
I kept wanting to stop and take pictures, but had to give up on it in order to make it down the mountain quickly and safely. It's both a shame and a good thing we got a sold metal Mustang convertible for the week - they go downhill without much prodding and neutral sufficed most of the way down. We made it to the gas station and put in a full tank of more than 11 gallons!
We stopped at Kauai coffee plantation to see the coffee plants, and then got to the outskirts of Kapaa, where I bought two Hawaiian shirts - one vintage print from the 50s by Tori Richards (very limited reprint), and another with a reprint of Elivs' shirt from Blue Hawaii:
The day ended with us racing back up to Haena State Park to watch the sunset - again. In front of the rocks we mounted for our photoshoot, another group set up their model photo shoot almost in front of us with models, four photographers, and lighting guys, waiting for the money shot at 7:20 PM. We all got the money shot and took off.
On the way home, a dog barked at us passing his yard, so I barked back. It was a great day!
This was our route for the entire day.
"I can't let you plan it," spatted the wife. "No, I can't."
The husband retorted, "I'm not gonna go snorkeling. I'm not gonna go skin diving and if I let you plan it you would have me doing all these things."
Flailing her arms, the wife yelled in her best Queens accent, "I can't let you plan it because I can't trust you."
Giggling about that exchange, we started driving at 9:30 and headed to the Waimea Canyon. We made our way through Lihue - again - and went further on to the other side of the island. The trip up was very windy and very steep. Halfway up the mountain I realized that we had about 1/2 tank of gas and I thought, "That should be fine to get us up and down."
While I stopped to take pictures at the overlooks, Matthew mostly stayed in the car's A/C. He's not that into mountains (I had forgotten this tidbit before we started out and he didn't think that we'd be going through mountains.). The views were spectacular. By the end of the canyon trip, we had no more words, frankly. Breathtaking, stupendous, awesome, awe-inspiring, and other words started escaping our vocabulary. The Grand Canyon is interesting because of its depth and colors, but the Waimea Canyon is mostly red dirt, but lush and green.
mondragon and faghatesgods took the same trip up, but unfortunately were met with mostly thick fog. We happened to have a clear day; all the weather reports and travel sites said it was a crap shoot whether we'd have good views. We went all the way up into the Kokee State Park, but found fog where we should have been able to see the ocean. We did get some decent views of Nihoa and Lehua (islands off the south western shore of Kauai) later on.
On the way down the the mountain, our gas tank showed less than 1/4 tank and Matt was basically asleep. I mentioned we were low on gas, so would have to put the car in neutral and turn off the A/C in order to get down safely for a fill-up. So, he white-knuckled it all the way down, remembering a recurring dream he has of driving down a mountain at break-neck speed and going off a cliff, not knowing how far he would fall. I had forgotten that dream until he mentioned it again because his blood pressure was soaring.
I kept wanting to stop and take pictures, but had to give up on it in order to make it down the mountain quickly and safely. It's both a shame and a good thing we got a sold metal Mustang convertible for the week - they go downhill without much prodding and neutral sufficed most of the way down. We made it to the gas station and put in a full tank of more than 11 gallons!
We stopped at Kauai coffee plantation to see the coffee plants, and then got to the outskirts of Kapaa, where I bought two Hawaiian shirts - one vintage print from the 50s by Tori Richards (very limited reprint), and another with a reprint of Elivs' shirt from Blue Hawaii:
The day ended with us racing back up to Haena State Park to watch the sunset - again. In front of the rocks we mounted for our photoshoot, another group set up their model photo shoot almost in front of us with models, four photographers, and lighting guys, waiting for the money shot at 7:20 PM. We all got the money shot and took off.
On the way home, a dog barked at us passing his yard, so I barked back. It was a great day!
This was our route for the entire day.
