Vacation on Kaua’i Day 11

Sunday Apr 18 We rolled out of Lindsay’s place early Sunday morning – questing for some healthy breakfast to counteract the previous night of beer, meat, meat, and more meat.  Luckily Koloa and Poipu towns had loads of food options. We headed to ‘Anakē’s Juice Bar and picked out a LOADED açaí bowl with blueberry, coconut water, banana, mango, pineapple, lilikoi puree, spirulina, granola, seeds, local honey, and bee pollen. $11 and it was so big it took us a full hour to finish it between us both! We took our bowl to Poipu Beach and found a shady spot on the soft grass to read while the beachgoers enjoyed the water and sunshine all around us. In classic Kaua’i fashion, a mother hen and her baby chicks pecked around our blanket serenading us with cheeps and chirps.

Before we knew it a few hours had gone by and our energy was waning. We had campsite reservations up at Kōkeʻe State Park for Monday and Tuesday night, but we had an inkling we’d be able to head up Sunday and have no problem getting into our site. We wanted to utilize the city access to good food once more before getting back to camp cooking, so we snagged some local sushi at Big Monster Sushi truck. We got our order in just before several cars loaded with teens pulled in and hung over the picnic tables.

We began the couple hours’ drive up to the top of the island. The weather was clear and the colors of the canyon were stunning!

It was our second time up to the state park and since we had more time we hit several more overlook areas then we had our first visit. We also revisited the Kalalau overlook at the end of the road – which was completely socked in by clouds on our first visit, obscuring all views of the Nā Pali coast. But today was clear and we got an amazing view!

Kalalau Valley overlook

We found our campsite and set up as the sun set, enjoying our Big Monster Sushi and crashed early in our tent, excited to have a whole day of hiking ahead of us tomorrow to enjoy the amazing state park. 

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