Our Favorite Spot on Kauai

Take the main road towards Na Pali.

Before you get to Kaap'a, just before the coconut grove, take #580 away from the beach.
Half way up this road you come to 'Opaeka'a Falls. These are well worth stopping at, especially if there has been plenty of rain.

But this is not where we are heading for yet, 'though they are beautiful to see, with one of my favorite trees to the left...

...and even better with my two 'boys' in the foreground.
But keep traveling up #580 -- a windy, twisty road with plenty of trees either side.



About ten minutes later, you arrive here. This is as far as you go. We call it the The Ford because the river runs right over the road. We don't cross the ford because with a rental car and flash floods this is as far as we need to go. From what we hear it's about the same on the other side. The Keahua Aboretum is across the river and usually a muddy trek.
There is a small gravel parking lot at the ford and it is here under the dappled shade of the tall trees and facing the river, we park. We take a book to read and sandwiches and a drink, and watch the other visitors cross the river precariously and return not much later . It is so quiet, except for the sound of the river -- and the cawing of hens and roosters who beg for food.

A closer look!

ONE MORE SURPRISE STILL TO COME. TO APPRECIATE THIS ONE, YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE VISITED MY BLOG FROM OCTOBER '07 THRU' JUNE '08
(that might give you a hint)!