day trip to kauai

wanted to visit the graves of my dad and grandparents and spend the day with Nelson and Ruthie on Kauai, another island about a 20 minute flight from Honolulu. we got up early and got to the airport.

what??? not united... on the Hawaiian airlines plane

here we gooooo

can't believe we are here, it's been so long.

sleeping giant. a big landmark in Kauai.  after the airport we picked up Nelson and Ruthie at Nelson's sisters house then off to Kapaa to put some flowers at Nelson's first wife grave. 

Next stop is a Hawaiian quilt shop... so many choices but just got a book but could have stayed all day!!!

wish i could make this one, so cute

lunch time! our favorite place to eat in Kauai

it's a small shack and we had to wait since the seating is limited and it's a popular place.

started with fried won ton and a beef and chicken BBQ stick, both very good

famous hamura's saimin.  worth a trip to Kauai just to eat this!!! even good on a hot day...

OMG, is this place real??? Nelson told us they have the best taro chips here.  as we drove up we didn't think it was open cause it looked like a condemned house.  It was a dump but sorta looked open.  Jeff and Nelson went in.  Jeff said the inside was unbelievable (not sure what that meant except bad).

taro chips were very good and the best we have had.  will go back again!!!

visiting with auntie Julia at her restaurant.  had a great time talking and eating some snacks.  it was great to see her again and wish we could visit more often....

lilikoi chiffon pie, a specialty of Kauai.  super duper yummy!!!

the day went super fast, in fact we almost missed our flight back to Honolulu and had to run for our plane.  wish we could have stayed longer... as usual it was sad to leave...