The pool back at the resort.

Next morning and a big cruise ship appeared on the bay.

the rest of the bay..

Pool in the daylight

Hotel chicken

I rented a jeep to get out to my helicopter ride at the Port Allen Airport.

Meanwhile Mom & Dad went on a boat ride up the Wailua River to see the Fern Grotto.

Coffe fields beside Highway 50 on route to the airport.

The jeep on the iron rich red sand near the airport.

Inter-Island Helicopters

Brochure for Inter-Island Helicopters I happened to pick up at Lihue Airport when we landed on Kauai.

Back of brochure.

"...a helicopter ride over the Huleia River where Steven Spielberg filmed scenes for Raiders of the Lost Ark, down into "the Grand Canyon of the Pacific" - Waimea Canyon - where a nervous mountain goat clings tenaciously to a sheer wall. Then Lambert, the pilot, says he has a surprise for his passengers. Like a scene out of a movie, the chopper clears a sharp ridge. There is a sudden 3,000-foot drop into the ethereal valleys of the Na Pali coast. Dino DeLaurnetis' King Kong lived here. The chopper swoops around Mount Makana, Bali Hai of South Pacific, and into the crater of Mount Waileale, the rotors swirling the rains of the wettest place on earth." --Thomas Smith in his book "In the Long Run"

Clip from the movie Jurassic Park where the helicopter is landing in front of Manawaiopuna Falls.

My flight with Inter-Island Helicopters in a doorless Hughes 500 went right by there!

Drove back to Poipu Beach from Port Allen Airport after the chopper ride. Wanted to do some surfin but Mom & Dad called and said I hafta see the North shore. So off I went..

On the way north.. passing thru one of the towns on the east side I spot one of the many Verizon buildings on the islands.

Kilauea Lighthouse marks the beginning of Kauai's north shore.