Hawaii Day Two/Three

The rest of our stay was spent at the Waiohai Beach Club in Koloa.

our view (being on the first floor was great!)

We shared the condo with Scott's parents.  His Uncle Larry, Aunt Marcie and Cousin Mary stayed next door.

This was the best designed hotel room ever!  Why?  The pack n' play fit in the closet.  Tessa loved her room, and no, we didn't close the door at night.

We played at the beach in the morning with Grandma Linda

and hit up the aforementioned blowhole (sprouting horn) in the afternoon.

 A little history of this area - there used to be two blow holes.  The second shot sea water hundreds of feet into the air... and the spray would fall onto the sugar cane fields nearby, stunting the plants growth.  So the land owner (in the 1920's) had a worker drop an explosive down into the hole, hoping to make it larger.  He destroyed the entire lava shelf.  It used to be in the open rectangular area on the right.  I wonder if he worker lived.

Across the street is the entrance to the botanical gardens, which we visited twice during the week.

That evening the rest of the family went to a luau... but because of Tessa's early bedtime, we stayed behind and went on a quick evening hike along the lithifield sandstone cliffs by shipwreck beach

 This point was used in the film six days seven nights.  Looks scary to me.

Tomorrow - Waimea Canyon