Kauai is definitely the place for adventure. We had to tame ours down a little with having two young kids in tow. So no major hiking to waterfalls for us. Today is New Years Eve. We set out to find some of the caves I had read about online. So our first stop was Maniniholo dry cave.
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My pictures weren’t doing it justice as to how big it was so here’s one with the family exploring.
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Next stop was wet cave/blue room where we were told they filmed parts of Pirates of the Caribbean there.
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If you swim to the other side through the hole it brings you to this part of the cave.
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After the caves, we needed to let the girls get some energy out so we went to Hanalei Bay to let them build sand castles and play in the waves.
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Equivalent to the squirrels in Illinois. These guys are everywhere and abundant.
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Driving along we found Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. A Lighthouse! With it being a holiday they were closed, unfortunately.
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We rang in the New Year at Poipu Beach Park where they had restaurant vendors, movies in the park for kids and fireworks at the end of the night.
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Hard to get a picture in the dark but some turtles decided to join the fun on the beach where the fireworks were going to be.
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