4:35 PM. Winds 17 mph. Waves break on the reef and the palm fronds flutter toward the southwest.
Slow day. Went into Kapa’a and had lunch at the Wahoo Seafood Bar and Grill. In fact, I had Wahoo. Wahoo! Not bad, but not as good as I expected from an “award winning” restaurant noted as Kauai’s best for seafood. It has bamboo slats for wainscoting along the outside, waist high wall. Inside its primary distinguishing feature is a well-drawn fish-hook, the Wahoo’s graphic.
After lunch I puttered over to the Coconut Grove Market, a place I recalled from our visit ten-years ago. Then, it must have been new because I remember it as modestly upscale, now its crowds seem to come from tour buses and cruise ships. Many shops have closed and whoever owns the place is not wasting money on upkeep. Shabby.
I did buy some music there, an Island themed Taj Mahal CD and a well-known Hawaiian singer, Keali’i Reichel’s CD, Kawaipunahele. Buy two, get one handed to you. Volume 2 of Paradise music. Guess folks my age are the only ones who buy CD’s anymore. Gosh, first vinyls, now CD’s. Can DVD’s be far behind?
Tomorrow I plan to go Lumahi Gardens just beyond Hanalei. Was gonna go today, but they are closed. This is part of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens and focuses on native Hawai’ian plants, many of which are now rare, or extinct in the wild.
Looked at the hometown weather this morning. 0 with a -10 windchill. Kate said she had to blow 4-5 inches of compacted snow off the driveway. A welcome home to Minnesota ritual. She also picked up the dogs who were very happy to go home, though they had a good time at doggy camp, too.
Trip’s not as much fun without Kate. Realized today that living here might get old. Either that or I’m at nadir for this trip, which I think is the case. It happens.
