Aloha from Kauai!!

Each day we worked out and these are some pictures after our workout.  We were trying to cool down. Each day at 9:00 the resort feed their Koi fish and their was a big crowd to watch. They had hundreds of Koi and they were hungry.

On Wednesday we drove up towards Wailua Falls and Kapaa as we drove we hunted for geocaches along the way. We found 10 along this drive along with some great views.

 

This is the river across from the falls. They kayak and water ski down it.

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This is the famous Coco Palms. It was destroyed by the 1992 hurricane that hit Kauai and was never repaired.  Anyone know what it is famous for?

After dinner we were setting on the beach looking at the homes on the cliff and a cruise ship leaving the port.

On Thursday we were on a quest for a geocache on a back road. It lead us to a beautiful beach (Shipwreck Beach) along with a lot of people. It had rained a couple of days and the dirt road was full of large pot holes that were filled with water. We probably shouldn't have attempted it in our little 2-wheeled car but we did it slowwwwwwwly. These were the views we found along with seven caches & a protected monk seal. The seal had a area taped off so it wouldn't be disturbed.

Then we headed to Poipu to find a few caches and it took us to a huge succulent garden and the Spouting Horn(one of the famous blowholes).


Friday we headed out towards Waimea Canyon. First we went into the little town of Waimea and had our Subway sandwich at a park where we found the monument for Captain Cook's landing in Hawaii in 1778(this was a virtual cache). 

Then we headed to the canyon. It has two roads and we took the back one(because we missed the first one). We were very lucky today because the canyon was clear with no clouds to obstruct the view.

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Don's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Don!!     Hope you are with me many more years.    I love you!!

4 or 5 yrs old

18 yrs. old

71 yrs old in Kauai

I have been very lazy the last month on my blog but hope to get back to it.  I have been busy but it hasn't been too exciting.

Last week Don & I went to Kauai. It was a great trip and was good to get out of the cold weather.

Ricki took us to the airport at 4am (what a sister).  We flew to Dallas, Phoenix and then Kauai.  It was pouring rain in Kauai when we arrived. We stayed at the Marriott Kauai in Lihue less than 5 miles from the airport. Checked out our rental car and checked into the room.  With a four hour time difference we were tired early. We unpacked, got groceries, ate a hamburger & went to bed early.

We were up early on Monday & it was a cloudy & rainy morning.  Working out by 7:30. They had a great workout room but it was crowded.

This was the view out our room. We were up on the 4th floor & this was a roof above the 3rd floor with these plants.  On Monday, we walked around the resort & up to the lighthouse.  From some geocaches around the resort area. This was an adjustment day with jet lag and rain. We signed up for a Marriott presentation the next day. This time change was kicking our butt and we went to bed early again.

It was easier for us to get up early than it was to stay up until 10:00. Tuesday we were up early again to workout. After our shower we went to the Marriott presentation but I didn't care for the sales lady at all but we got $150 Marriott dollars that bought our dinner for most of the week.  Went back to the lighthouse to find a geocache.

At the Lighthouse

Close to the airport

Don with the rental car

I'll try to finish with the pictures tomorrow. Gotta go to bed tonight!!

A few McGuffin & McCombs Pictures

McGuffin & McCombs pictures that I have been scanning this week.

1919 Joseph McGuffin & Ollie Mae McCombs

1945 Sarah Emma Sands McGuffin(Joseph's Mom)

1927 Sam & Addie Vaughan McCombs(Ollie Mae's Mom & Dad)

Snow Day #2

Didn't leave the house again today because of the snow.

Woke up about 5:00 am and couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and started scanning picture. Mother and I are working on pictures & memorabilia of the McCombs & McGuffin families.

The sun was out & Don decided to shovel the driveway. I helped a little, very little.

I took a nap on the couch, which is very unusual for me and Don decided to take a picture.

Abby was snoozing in the sun, too.

The worst thing about snow days is I have gone two days without a SONIC COKE!!

State of Emergency

That was the message we were getting since last night. The whole state is shut down. Businesses, schools, government & stores are all closed.

The sleet started last night about 10:30 at our house. Snowed and blew all night.  These are the totals at noon today.

The state officials have asked everyone to stay off the roads if possible.  It is definitely possible for me! Most of the turnpikes and some of the interstates are closed. There has been nothing on TV except for the weather. That's the way we do it in OK.  We love our weather!   8 degrees, 30 mph wind & -21 degrees wind chill.  Tulsa has gotten 20 inches and still snowing.

Abby had some problems with wanting to outside this morning. Don had to sweep off the porch in front of the door for her to get out and then she just went out and peed and raced back in.  No poop!  Don took her out at noon and stayed with her and she finally took care of business. But she had snow on the nose when she came in.

My paperwhites are starting to bloom that I planted after Christmas.

Don thought that the paper wasn't delivered this morning but I saw an orange bag under the snow in the neighbors driveway so I thought they had. He went out to investigate.

Snow out our front window.

I think the worst is over & now for Wed and Thurs it will just be bitter cold.