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<\/a><\/p>\nOur first stop on today’s tour was at the Lydgate Park and Beach. \u00c2\u00a0Lots of play room for kids.<\/p>\n
Just a mite…<\/p>\n …breezy.<\/p>\n Then it was on to the Wailua River and a three hour tour (hard to get lost on the only river with boat traffic!). \u00c2\u00a0Okay, maybe it wasn’t three hours.<\/p>\n There was another shore excursion that did this trip in Kayaks.<\/p>\n An old John Wayne film, Donovan’s Reef <\/a>was filmed here in Kauai. \u00c2\u00a0This is the Doctor’s beach house from that movie. \u00c2\u00a0Of course, back then it was still down by the beach!<\/p>\n Here is a view of one of the boat\/barges. \u00c2\u00a0The Smiths have run this River\/Fern Grotto concession for a long, long time.<\/p>\n The engine and steering is in a little “trailer” bringing up the rear.<\/p>\n Strange name for a boat…sounds familiar though…<\/p>\n It was a couple hundred yards (if that) stroll to the Grotto from the dock. \u00c2\u00a0Nicely paved trails.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0 Lots of flowers.<\/p>\n … … The Fern Grotto.<\/p>\n There used to be a lot more water before they started irrigating up above the cliff.<\/p>\n And you could go right into the cave before they declared it unsafe after an earthquake.<\/p>\n There is now a platform for people to stand on in front of the ferns.<\/p>\n (Two photo panorama…up and down!)<\/p>\n There was a Hawaiian group to sing Hawaiian songs. \u00c2\u00a0Lots of weddings up here.<\/p>\n There might not have been much water coming over the falls, but there was water!<\/p>\n Then back to the boat landing!<\/p>\n Posing with the sign.<\/p>\n On the way backdown the river the group that had played for us played some more, and there was a little hula going on too! \u00c2\u00a0They had played for the boat ahead of us on the way up.<\/p>\n Then it is off to Opaekaa Falls.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Hey look! \u00c2\u00a0There’s an ocean out there!<\/p>\n At the bottom of the road is the Coco Palms Resort<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0It was seen in Blue Hawaii<\/a>, with Elvis Presley<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0It has been abandoned for 20 years, and is so delapitated it can’t be restored. \u00c2\u00a0Another landmark going by the wayside…<\/p>\n The happy couple-on-the-bus. \u00c2\u00a0Photo by iPod!<\/p>\n Here we are back at the boat. \u00c2\u00a0A lot bigger than the other one!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>…<\/p>\n<\/a>…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n