Hawaii Trip Waimea Canyon Tour
This is the second part of a two-part series on our trip up Waimea Canyon Hawaii Trip Canyon Tour part one.
It was hard to tear ourselves away from the Waimea Canyon and views at Koke’e State Park overlook for the drive home. We stopped to the Koke’e State Park museum, then get a bite to eat before the decent to ocean level. The museum offers a wonderful view into the history of the island with well laid out displays detailing the history of the Kauai along with its inhabitants. Many of the indigenous plants and animals are on display, they also detail the invasive plants with a bit of history, or theory, as to how they arrived on the island.
At the small camp store and eatery, a place far off the beaten path, the offerings are not extensive. We ordered our sandwiches, to filled the void thinking we should have packed our own lunch. We enjoyed watching the chickens who entertain guests for food scraps, at this location the are like seagulls at the beach.
Soon it was time to start our relaxing drive back down the mountain. I was on the opposite side to avoid looking at the steep drop offs, places where the land as fallen away leaving guard rails floating free of their earthy confines. I was relaxed enough to take a video of the ride down, I wish I had extended my arm out a bit more and cleaned the windshield but it is what it is. At the end of the video you really get a feel of the layout of the mountain drive and how the road is literally perched along the top of the ridgeline, Enjoy.
A few photos captured from the video trip down the mountain.
When we returned to our resort we went for a stroll along the beach and saw all the sights you might imagine for Hawaii, in a tour of the Grand Hyatt grounds.. stay tuned.
