Kauai Day 8

 Matt & Lori were in Kauai some of the same days we were, which was so fun!! Cody and Elena were both at FSY that week, and so Matt and Lori figured why not go to Hawaii while their kids were away. :) Rockwell and I met up with them at the Wailua River Monday morning. We rented a couple kayaks and rowed out to see Secret Falls.

It was a few miles of rowing, but gorgeous the whole way, and so fun to be doing it with Rockwell, Matt, and Lori!

After a few miles, we parked the kayaks on the river's edge and headed up on foot to the waterfall.

It was about a 20 minute hike to the falls. We passed a lot of tour groups and were glad we decided to do this adventure on our own. It was fun to go at our own pace and get to visit the whole way.

We all thought it was pretty funny that this waterfall is called Secret Falls, because it was very crowded. The secret is clearly out. Haha! It was very pretty though, and it's always fun to swim in a waterfall.

We swam around for a while and Matt, Lori, and Rockwell went all the way under the falls. Then we were ready to head back out.

We had one small rainstorm on the way back. My arms were pretty tired after rowing through the wind that came with that. But we had such a great time on this adventure!

Paul, Tessa, and Damon had a great time at the resort pool while we were gone. Paul said they pretty much had the waterslides to themselves and they went over and over again!

We picked Matt & Lori up and went to Poipu Beach for some dinner and snorkeling.

Lori and I set up some chairs in the sand while Tessa and Damon swam and Paul, Matt, and Rockwell went snorkeling. I love talking with Lori and am so glad she married my brother! 

We were able to see a gorgeous sunset while we were there.

Rockwell came and joined us on the beach when he got too cold. His lips were purple when he came out of the water!

We noticed a turtle coming up on the sand and so we headed over there to see it. More turtles kept coming out of the water one by one.

Matt, Paul, and Rockwell were standing out in the water and a couple of the turtles swam right by Rockwell's legs on their way in. It was seriously so cool to see!! By the time we left, there were 20 turtles on shore. It was just a really cool Hawaiian night!!