Sunday in Kauai

After breakfast at a great local eatery, The Country Kitchen, we spent the better part of the day on the Hawaii Movie Tour. It was a great experience and we all had a blast... the tour guides (Jesse and Tom) were fun, knowledgeable and made the day a wonderful experience. The idol used in the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is pictured with Kyle tempting the island-god and is also pictured with Tom, our guide.
They would play the DVD movie clip as you were at a particular location, and provide some insight, rumors or specific detail so you can compare what you see on the silver screen to real life. The list they gave us mentioned over 80 movies or shows filmed on the island of Kaua'i, and these either were filmed entirely, partially, or barely. :-) Interestingly, the opening scene from Fantasy Island "de plane, de plane, boss" was filmed at the old run-down Coco Palms Hotel, although the rest of the series was filmed in a studio in Hollywood. This hotel was also world famous as the location for Elvis' "Blue Hawaii" and "South Pacific". This hotel location can be seen in our family picture and the palm tree picture. The remaining picture is the location where Gilligan's Island pilot episode was filmed.
The weather complied for part of Sunday. We had some glorious weather for the most part of the day until the 5-hour tour ended around 2 pm, then the rain rolled in. Since our resort's pool is still under construction, we have free use of the Hanalei Bay Resort pool and beach. (Apparently, every beach in Hawaii is considered public domain, so a resort can't prevent you from using their own beach.) We went to check it out and were duly impressed, although the constant drizzle and occassional downpour kept us from too much swimming.
We had dinner at a local restaurant in Princeville... CJ's Steak & Seafood. It was a great dinner and we retired back to our condo and I crashed around 8:30 pm.












I am fairly confident our bodies are adjusted to the time change, since I seem to wake up automatically at 5 am each day, :-( although we are all exhausted each night. That's probably indicative of us enjoying ourselves.)
The three remaining pictures at the bottom are all of Hanalei Bay, where the movie "South Pacific" was filmed, and many celebrities reside.
Aloha until tomorrow. Until then, we are praying for some sun... or at least the rain to subside.


Weather update:
The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Monday morning:
2.47 Mount Waialaele, Kauai
3.18 Poamoho 2, Oahu
0.21 Molokai
0.14 Lanai
0.54 Kahoolawe
1.29 Oheo Gulch, Maui
6.54 Hilo airport, Big Island