Kauai

ALOHA!!

Last week my gal and I took a long weekend in Kauai, Hawaii - an area I consider to be one of the most beautiful spots on the planet. Kauai boasts the wettest area on the planet (464 inches of rain per year average!) The day we took this picture, it was raining throughout the 4 mile hike (one way) to the waterfall and it was blowing so hard that you couldn't get within 100 feet of the base of the waterfall without bullets of water barraging your face like buck shot! A truly awesome display of mother nature's power:
On a much more casual excursion, we visited Spouting Horn (below) where the lava has formed a hole for the incoming waves to crash UP through, thus spouting into the sky. There is an accompanying air escape hole that makes a dragon breathing sound with every wave.


I hope you all had equally eventful weekends. With the insufferable heat everywhere this weekend(117 F here), I would highly recommend you all to escape to an air conditioned movie theater and watch Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" (click here to see the trailer). Talk about Mother Nature's Fury! Jaw dropping and eye opening. I hope this helps us all to consider what we can do individually to help preserve this amazing planet and our existence on it.

All Things Possible!
Chris