HONEYMOON-DAY 8

For the record, Erica was the one who picked out the PT Cruiser from Avis. 

"I love Erica thiiiis much!!!"

Look out! It's a lookout!

A view of Waimea Canyon. 

We were told this was the best view on the island, it's too bad someone left the fog machine on too long.    

This is the famous Kauai rain. 

And this is the famous Kauai sunshine, only a half an hour and 15 miles away from the storm. 

Courtesy of our camera's 10 second timer.  And if you look really closely, there's a wedding happening way off to the right.  

So after our helicopter trip we wanted to see Kauai's lush landscape up close and personal. Renown for it's hiking trails we drove up to Waimea Canyon to trek some of the more scenic trails.  We made several stops as we took our mighty PT Cruiser (I like to consider it the "PT Bruiser") up to the highest point in the island, including Kokee State Park.  But right as we parked our car and were about to begin our hike, it started to rain.  And I'm not talking about Southern California rain, where it drizzles and people go crazy and forget how to drive on the freeways, but tropical storm kinda rain...  It's like that scene in Forest Gump when he's describing the rain in Vietnam during the war, and how it "even seemed to come straight up from underneath."  And since we didn't pack our scuba gear for this type of rain, we had to call it quits and go back to the hotel.  But we did get to stop at a local restaurant, know for their "world famous" shimp!  And if you know anything about me (Ree), I love me some shrimp!