LEAVING KAUAI 2015

One Last Time


            Leaving Kauai is only sentimental if we think about it.  Getting ready for a year in Europe hasn’t left us much time for thinking!

One last bird count at the refuge in Hanalei

Hanalei Valley Wetlands

Koloa duck on log

One last paddle

Hanalei Bay

One last snorkel

 Multi
  Pale nose parrotfish, convict tang, 3 ring-tail surgeonfish, 2 unicorns, 
female Christmas wrasse


 Ornate

 Pearl Wrasse

Stick Fish
Rock Mover Wrasse, Threadfin 

Mystery???
                      

One last rain storm

Water falls on Namolokama
               

 A couple parties

Canoe club extravaganza

The Swiss Flag Toot-a-loo party
 The cameraman was blurry, not us


 Beach Party - BPPL (black-pot pot-luck)

 Sunset

Fire dancer (anonymous) 

 Fire box

      Fire box 2
               

A few orchids

 Tomato red phalaenopsis with fuscia lip
from our macadamia nut tree

White phalaenopsis also on mac nut tree

Catalaya on left, 3 Cook Pines

One last project

          Making arrangements to leave for a year, including packing, wasn't enough, so we contracted to have the pines removed.  

                
Before
The 150 foot rope did not hit the ground

De-limbing

Several days later . . . 




 Stump grinding finished an hour before we went to the airport!
No more pines


Ciao Bella!

See you next year