Kauai'i Day 4

This morning, Ryan and I got up early to see the sunrise. The last time I made an opportunity to watch the sunrise was on the top of Mount Timpanogos, clear back in August. It was quite beautiful. Clouds were blocking the sun as it came over the horizon, but it still turned out to be pretty good. We filmed the whole thing and I may do a time lapse shot for the video I will edit.

We had a huge breakfast this morning at a place called the Kountry Kitchen. I had 3 pancakes: one chocolate chip, one banana, and one macadamia nut. It was accompanied by bacon, eggs, fresh papaya, and guava juice. The wait to get in was 30 min, so in the meantime we went to a waterfall called Opaekaa Falls. It was just off a road, basically you turn off the road and look at it. You cannot hike down to it, apparently people have died trying, but it was a very pretty falls. It looked like the water must have been lower than usual due to a lack of rain in Kaua’I for a while. It was very pretty though!

When we got back to the hotel, I got ready for church. Before we went to church we went and saw one more waterfall: Wailua falls. This is another one you just drive to and look at. Apparently the falls are taller than Niagara, but obviously not with the same amount of water. It was another short visit before we went to church. Church was in the neatest little chapel. The chapel is separate from the rest of the church building. It’s walls are all glass, so you can see outside, which is kind of cool. After sacrament meeting we took off (terrible, I know! Ha ha!) and got lunch and then we picked up the band and went to another chapel where they were going to do a fireside. We hauled all of their luggage to the airport, checked it in, filled the vans with gas, and basically got it ready so all they had to do was get in the vans and go straight to the airport. Worked out well!

We were in flight for about 19 minutes this time, the pilot made it a quick trip! We got back to La’ie right on schedule at 10:00, and I unpacked and went straight to bed. It felt great to get away from it all for a while. But, I’m right back in it now, with tests and homework on the horizon.