[My trip report is done!] Hi from Kauai!

[jlr10]

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. It was almost like being there!

 

[DeniseM]

Denise, nice shots, your starfish is actually a sea urchin!

Thanks! I'll change that!

We are heading for the airport in about 10 min. We've had a fantastic vacation, and now I can go home and rest!

 

[happymum]

Fantastic photos! You have convinced me to get a camera like yours.

 

[DeniseM]

Our ATV Trip

Going back to Thursday - we went on a great ATV trip with Kauai ATV. Our guides were crazy and fun and they really made the whole trip. We saw a lot of beautiful scenery and had some fun zooming around the trails.

Our crazy guide:

Our base camp was at the now defunct Koloa Sugar Mill.

Our first stop was at the top of this hill, high above the Poipu area.

One of the highlights of our trip was riding through this 1/2 mile long tunnel that was built to haul sugar cane from the Wilcox Plantation to the sugar mill in Kohala. Here's our whole group:

Rod and I in front of the tunnel - BTW, I'm not really this fat. I have on my jeans and T-Shirt with a 2nd set of camo pants and a T-shirt provided by Kauai ATV, over the top.

Here are Rod and I entering the tunnel:

Continued....

 

[DeniseM]

On the other side of the tunnel, we had some problems with a dinosaur who got left behind when they filmed Jurassic Park here.

You might say that our guide "lost his head" over the whole thing.

I saved everyone by getting the dinosaur to chase me back into the tunnel where he got stuck!

Rod was the only one in our group to crash. We were going down a steep hill and he "said" that "I was going too slow" and he had to go off the trail to keep from crashing into me! No injuries or damage, except for his pride. He was actually flat on his back in the grass, but he got back on before they got a picture of it.

Here I am back at the base camp - boy was I dirty!

Here's our whole dirty little group!

And that is the last chapter of my trip report!

 

[post-it]

We wanted to do the ATV trip but our daughter wasnt old enough at the time. Quest we have to go back!

Glad you had a great trip.

Thanks for all the pics.
Glenda

 

[DeniseM]

Glenda - children can ride as passengers in their Mud Bug, which is like a Dune Buggy. It looked like a lot of fun!

 

[DavidnRobin]

Great trip report - we will be using it for our upcomomg Kauai trip (WPORV) - thanks. Can't wait to use our new underwater camera/video.

 

[DeniseM]

One thing I forgot to mention. On this tour, there are 2 guides and one of them takes pictures the whole time - that's why I have so many pictures. After the tour you can buy the CD for $30. The CD has over 200 pictures of our trip on it, plus more pictures of Kauai. To me, it was well worth it, because it's hard to take pictures and drive at the same time! This way we got a lot of great pictures of our whole trip.


Thanks for all the nice comments, Tuggers - I had a lot of fun putting my report together!

 

[HatTrick]

BTW, I'm not really this fat.

I wonder if, in the history of TUG, there was ever a male who posted a picture of himself with a similar disclaimer. :rofl:

 

[Karen G]

Great trip and great report. Thanks for posting all the pictures. It was fun to watch.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Denise,

Thanks for posting the beautiful pictures and trip report. With two kids in college, (one in a private school) we will be sticking pretty close to home these next few years.

"Vacationing" with you was a little mini trip to the Islands for me.

Thanks again,
Gayle

 

[Zac495]

I wonder if, in the history of TUG, there was ever a male who posted a picture of himself with a similar disclaimer. :rofl:

Denise is girl! And she's NOT FAT!!

Denise, what a fantastic time - I just LOVED every picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[slabeaume]

I thoroughly enjoyed your vacation! I guess I would have a different opinion of snorkeling from the cruises if I got to swim with a seal, too! We actually have reservations in a 3rd floor oceanview (building G) KBV unit next Feb./March and can't wait to have that view, too!

 

[DeniseM]

Thanks everybody for your nice comments!

I wonder if, in the history of TUG, there was ever a male who posted a picture of himself with a similar disclaimer.

I actually think TUGBrian posted something like that once.

I wont pretend to be slim, but I do admit that the view of the camera just made me look terrible.

This is what I actually look like when not sitting down leaning forward =)

Close enough?