Monday, February 11th at Ke'e Beach, Kauai

We had a late start today but we didn't have to drive very far to get to the end of the road at Ke'e Beach. That's where the trail head begins for a pretty tough 2 mile hike on the Kelalau Trail to Hanakapaia Beach. It took us about an hour and a half each way. It was a very rough trail (see video)on the famous Na Pali coast; mud, rocks, steep inclines and declines. But we made it! The beach itself was beautiful with the waves crashing in on the cliffs (see video). Very spectacular!
We ate supper and rested on Ke'e Beach. Then we walked south around the point to see the sunset. We sat alone on the boulders in a cove there and the waves were slamming into the face of the cliffs. Some of our pics at sunset look like we superimposed them onto a Hawaii postcard (see pic above). Really, we didn't!
Sue pretended she was on the Titanic (pic).
We were amazed at the power of the waves and the power of God. When waves rebounded from the cliffs they hit the incoming waves and it looked like they were dancing for joy before the Lord. At sunset I was reminded of a quote by Dean Johnson, "If there is no God, who do you thank for the sunset?"
Poetically deep thought: The volcanoes took away some of the ocean and the ocean is fighting to take it back. (isn't that really deep? gives you a chill, huh?)