Waimea Canyon & Shave Ice--Day 6

This is my last full day with Elizabeth and her family.  I have grown very fond of sharing meals and playing with Evelyn.  Not that I am not fond of her parents, but Evelyn makes meals pretty sweet!  She is a very big girl feeding herself.  She is learning to sign "more" at the table.  The only thing I actually saw her make a funny reaction to, was a wedge of lime. . . .  Everything else, she ate with glee.

During the day, we went up to Waimea Canyon to see out over the canyon.  It was a drizzly day and when we arrived at the top, we could not see the canyon.  Maybe on my next visit.  We walked through the little museum there and learned about the canyon, it's creatures, and hurricanes that occurred on Kauai.

On the way back home, we stopped at a pottery shop and a spice store.  When we walked into the spice shop, you could taste the air.  I bought a couple of spice packs and split them with Elizabeth.  Our next stop was a shave ice shop.  When I came to Kauai, it was suggested that I relax and have a shave ice.  Well, I am happy to say that I did both.  You don't find guava or mango flavors at a son-cone place here.  Very refreshing and delicious!

Below are the fresh lychees.  Peel and eat!

Yummy!

Here we are at the top of the canyon at the lookout.  You can "see" that there are dense clouds hindering our vision of the canyon.

Nene are the state bird.  I didn't see any.

 It was raining and we found this baby pheasant hiding under someone's car for protection.  There are many beautiful birds on Kauai.

I learned that Kauai is the home of the "original red dirt shirt".  The dirt was really red in color, and the dyed shirts come out a dark, rusty brown-red.

Elizabeth and Evelyn sharing a shave ice

It was a great day!