{"id":20134,"date":"2013-12-08T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T05:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=20134"},"modified":"2013-12-08T22:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T05:15:01","slug":"day-354-our-last-full-day-on-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=20134","title":{"rendered":"Day 354: Our last full day on Kaua&#8217;i&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were hoping to see some whales. \u00c2\u00a0The Mellon Head Whales (a type of dolphin) I almost got a photo of on the Dinner Cruise don&#8217;t count. \u00c2\u00a0The Spinner Dolphins I saw from the Lighthouse don&#8217;t count because, well, they are dolphins. \u00c2\u00a0And the photos didn&#8217;t turn out. It is a &gt;&gt;long&lt;&lt; ways down to that ocean! \u00c2\u00a0But at last, on our last afternoon, purely by luck and the Dailylife Wife&#8217;s sharp eyes, we saw one of the very early in the season whales&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20135\" alt=\"Whale02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale02.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Canon 7D)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As you can see it was a long way off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20136\" alt=\"Whale03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale03.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But it was early in the season, so we got lucky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20137\" alt=\"Whale04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale04.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;d hoped to see one from the dinner curries, but it wasn&#8217;t to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20138\" alt=\"Whale05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale05.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We saw it, and then waited of it to reappear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20139\" alt=\"Whale06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale06.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It wasn&#8217;t to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20140\" alt=\"Whale12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale12.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One to a customer, I guess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20141\" alt=\"Whale14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale14.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But we were happy to see one at all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20142\" alt=\"Whale15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale15-600x381.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale15-600x381.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Whale15-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So ended our whale watching for this trip!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~Curtis in Kaua&#8217;i! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were hoping to see some whales. \u00c2\u00a0The Mellon Head Whales (a type of dolphin) I almost got a photo of on the Dinner Cruise don&#8217;t count. \u00c2\u00a0The Spinner Dolphins I saw from the Lighthouse don&#8217;t count because, well, they are dolphins. \u00c2\u00a0And the photos didn&#8217;t turn out. 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