Hanalei Pier

Jalna and I got to the pier to catch the sunset early.  If you saw my post from day one, you know it was REALLY, REALLY early.  We got to do a lot of people watching while we got nice and burnt in the sun.

I noticed this guy on a paddleboard with three of his dogs.   It was the cutest thing.  They looked like they were having a great time.

They were so tiny so he was tossing them up on the air and they got to splash around in the ocean

so cute yah!

I hope you can see this, I forget how to upload a normal size video and i'm too tired to go look it up.

It started to get really hot so we found a nice big tree to sit under.  The dogs were running loose and one of them came to hang out with us.  This is the dog from my selfie...

I was playing with another dog during the sunrise shoot at Anahola.  He was jumping around too much so my selfies never come out :(

Kauai, Day 3

Saturday, July 9, 2016
Hanalei, Koloa

This is our last day on Kauai and we still need our Hanalei sunrise.  Our flight is at 4:30 and we have to make the most of our day.  We set a 4:10 alarm again, and this time we left a little bit earlier, about 4:45 because Hanalei is a bit farther than Anahola.  I think it took us about 40 minutes to drive out there.  The beach was pretty empty, only two other photographers were out there and they weren't in our way for the most part.

Sorry, this is gonna be a boring post because I didn't realize that I didn't bust out my camera very much on this day...so you goin get plenty Hanalei Pier pics! haha.

Once again, the sunrise was uneventful.  Geez, how do you know when you'll get a beautiful red sunrise?!?!  I want to know the secret!

This is the pic I posted on Instagram. I think it turned out pretty cool.

On the way back to Lihue we found a scenic lookout spot that Jalna wanted to take a few pics at.  I was too lazy to get out of the car so I took pictures of the chickens instead...

It was back to Tip Top for some pancakes and another power nap.  Koloa was pretty close by (I think it was 8 miles away) so we didn't need to head out too early.  It was a pretty small town, very touristy and I only took pictures of the chickens over there too.  I can't believe how many there are!!

We took our time, ate a quick lunch then headed to the airport.  We had a fun time Kauai!  Hope to see you again!

Me & Jalna are in Kauai!!

Thursday, July 7, 2016
Anahola, Kilauea, Hanalei

This was a spur of the moment field trip.  I had 2 days of vacation to kill by July 16th or else I would lose it.  I just happened to run across this you tube video on Facebook and it showed various artists at various spots across all the islands while singing Hawaii Aloha.  From the very start it showed Anahola Beach, which I've never seen before and it was GORGEOUS.  Next they showed Hanalei Pier...I was sold.  So of course who do I call?? JALNA!!!  It just so happened that this weekend worked out perfectly for the both of us.

We flew in early on Thursday morning, we had a long 3 days ahead of us.  First stop, Anahola Beach.  We needed to make a dry run out to the beach because we want to go out there at sunrise.  Since it's gonna be dark we didn't want to chance getting lost and missing out on our window of opportunity.  We had the whole beach to ourselves.  Unbelievable.  

Sorry in advance, you're gonna have to see all the food pics on Jalna's blog, I was too lazy and too hungry to take pics

We then headed up north to Hanalei, but stopped at Kilauea Lighthouse.  I didn't want to pay $5 to go in so we just took a pic from afar...hehe yah. I'm cheap.

On the way into the lighthouse we saw this cute fruit stand...

When we first looked for Hanalei Pier we drove too far and was to far into the bay.  But when we were driving through the parking lot I saw this.  I had Jalna jump out and take a picture with my phone.

We got to Hanalei Pier early.  REALLY early.  I looked online and it said sunset was at 6:55.  I think we got there around 4:00.  We were gonna take a few pics, leave, then come back for the sunset but the beach was pretty crowded so we didn't want to lose our parking space.  So we waited.  and waited. and waited.  I got burnt in the process.  But it was pretty beautiful out there.

I kinda wouldn't recommend taking this shot because you can't stand up, it's about 3 feet high under there so you're either kneeling or sitting on the sand, and it stinks like dead fish.

It wasn't much of a sunset and there were a ton of people on the pier.  I took a few pictures and gave up because I wasn't happy about how they were turning out.  I think we should try for sunrise instead.  Maybe nobody will be here.

Oh we stayed at Kauai Inn in Lihue.  It was a cute inexpensive place.  Good location for us.  I think Jalna took pictures of the place, I forgot :-\

After Hanalei we headed home because we had to wake up at 4am to head back out to Anahola for a 6am sunrise...