EPIC weekend adventures

Kauai. What was supposed to be a chill, relaxing, outdoorsy weekend became…well, CRAZY. Littered with epic fails, and some redemption, it’s difficult to decide whether or not it was ftw, or ftl. But I figure, life leads you down these roads so you learn something, make some memories, and smile through it, right? ^__^

The breakdown:

Friday. This day went down sans any real madness! Met up with truK, checked out his lover’s shop, picked up a sweet pair of sanuk slippers for 40% off (gotta love emp discount)!

Ate at Bubba’s. The hot dog was “steamed in beer” so of course, we wanna sample it… my advice: stick to the frings (onion ring/fries combo) and the bubba burgers. The chili is no match for zippys.

Did some slight sight-seeing at Spouting Horn (the “blowhole” of Kauai)

Then picked up a case of Corona, and chilled at Maha’ulepu Beach. Super chill-clear water-breezy-perfection.

Friend got off from work and we had drinks and pupu’s at Keoki’s (service is slow and not very…exciting…but the price was decent and the asian wings were awesome!)

We were going to trek it out to Palihale, but we wouldn’t beat the sunset, so we settled in at Salt Pond to bbq and have a few beers (okay, I had none. My only drink today was the 2 beers at Maha’ulepu).

Let me just say, this beach was BEAUTIFUL. You could see Niihau when the sun set, and after that, I’ve never seen so many stars in my LIFE. Clear skies + complete lack of city lights = awe-struck spectacular-ness.  Pointed out Scorpio (since that’s the only constellation I could remember) and just took it all in. My camera could NOT pick up the stars, but it’s totally something you gotta see with your own eyes anyway!

We capped off the night with (get this) FIRE HULA HOOP. Hahahahaha. We started off with normal hula hoops, and then bam! Out comes the fire! Crazy. Felt like i was at PCC or something. haha

Checked out our hotel room: sweeeeeetest setup ever. Bummed we never really made much use of the kitchen.

Saturday: THIS is where the madness begins. SO. Our plan was to go tubing. We got the directions, and hopped in our car…and EPIC FAILED. We didn’t realize how bad the road up to the top was, and we basically killed our chevy cobalt rental. Killed it. Three holes, it bled out allllll of it’s transmission fluid AND oil.

After a few sun-burnt hours, we finally made it out. And tried to redeem our night by sight-seeing as much as we possibly could:

Waimea river mouth…reminds me of the Waimea beach on Oahu the way the river runs into the ocean, but…the current was WAY stronger!  The sand was like…dirt, too…

Hanapepe Swinging Bridge. Pretty cool. A Quick run through it, trying to swing it as much as we could, snapped a few photos, then moved on. Nothing spectacular, but still kinda neat. Never been on one of those bridges before.

Waimea Canyon! The pics i took with my lame cammie were…lame. So i’m not gonna bother posting them. They didn’t capture the whole breath-taking massive canyon of life that it really was. (sidenote: it’s FREEZING up there. bring a jacket!)

Then…the redemption is here:

[Driving by water tower]
Christie: “I’ve always wanted to climb a water tower”
Sara: “me too”
[pulls over]
Christie: “let’s do it”
Sara: “What? Seriously?  Oh crap. Uh… okay!”
HHAHAHA. Scratch that one off the bucket list

Drove back toward Poipu, where we were staying, and picked up some Thai food for dinner from Yum Cha @the Grand Hyatt. SO gooooood. This place was super nice, and also pretty pricey.  Like $$$ pricey. haha.  While we waited for our food, Irwin the lead handed server made us a round of drinks that got us all a bit…tipsy.

Took a few random pics outside on the way to the car. hahaha. Pretty sure that setup was just for show, but christie’s 80 lbs of lightness didn’t break it!

Ate at our room, and polished off a bottle of wine with dinner, then played blackjack for M&Ms and did sommersaults and played around in the “grassy knoll” of a backyard that we had.

SUNDAY:

Na Pali Tour!!! Catamaran’d it out to the Na Pali coast, then to Lehua, snorkeled a bit, then went by Niihau and back across the channel. 7 hours, 4 dolphin sightings, 2 manta ray sightings, speechless wonder and an exciting ride back home!

Next stop: Kauai Kookie for omiyage (since this was our only chance) and Brick Oven Pizza (after i saw Jenna’s pic of it, i wanted to try it!)

Then…(bum buh bummmm)

I LOCKED THE FREAKING KEYS IN THE TRUNK.

*insert super sad face here.

Had to backtrack it to the airport to pick up a spare (luckily at no cost but our time) then back to keoki’s for a quick drink and some pupu’s before booking it to the airport so that we could…

MISS OUR FLIGHT. (word to the wise: don’t show up at 10:40p for a 10:50pm flight. HAHA)

We contemplated going to Wal-mart to kill time, but it CLOSES! at 11pm!! blasphemy! So we were stranded at the Kauai airport for a while, and ended up spending some extra dough and staying the night at the Hilton.  At least the beds were comfy. Re-booked for 645a flight out.  Everything was going great~ until…

Our ride from the airport wouldn’t answer her phone. Now, we got in at like 715a, and needed to be at work!  Pretty much everyone left us hanging this morning… but a rogue bbm ended up saving the day. Needless to say, drinks are in order for our knight in shining…audi. HAHAHA.

Sorry this took SO long for me to get up.  S’a LOT to read, too. HAHAA. maybe i should go through it and delete some of that extra “blah blah blah”…. but nah… too lazy.

Happy thursday~ let the good times roll!

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