Kauai Day 4

Today we decided to check out the West Shore. On our way we saw a sign for Waimea Falls which was only 4 miles away. It was quite beautiful. They had a lot of signs posted to not climb the wall because it was dangerous and it had caused deaths.

All we wanted to do was find a cool beach and hang out. Well we didn't find one at all. Either there weren't any signs for the beach or if we did find it, it was yet another that was not for swimming due to the riptide. We went to a beach called Fort Elizabeth or Russian Fort Elizabeth. It has the opening of the Waimea River to the ocean. The sand is an olive green color. It was pretty but not for swimming.

Oh and by the way McDonalds here in Hawaii sells Peach-Mango Pies and Macadamia Nut Iced Coffee. I so wish they would sell those pies in Utah. And Walmart has everything a beach girl could need. I think we went to Walmart the most. We picked up some Lei's for the wedding.

P.S. Lanai = Balcony and Ohana = Family house or a mother in law type apartment

WEDDING

Tonight at 5:30pm on Lydgate Beach, my friend Becky and her fiance Scott got married. It was a beautiful ceremony and they both looked great.

We were the only people there that weren't part of the family.

Scotts family is very nice and fun to be around. His grandma Carol and his sister Carol were my favorites(below in purple and green dresses). They are both spunky and like to have fun.

Scott has a little sister, Reagan, who is almost the same age as Kayla (Becky's daughter). They had a lot of fun together.

Becky's stepmom Carol married them on the beach along with a Hawaiian minister. After the wedding, we went to have dinner at Caffe Coco down the road. They served a wonderful dinner and lots of wine. Becky's brother brought beer for the "cool" table aka ours. Of course they had toasts and cake. Scott's little sister Reagan gave a "toast" that she was happy he was married but sad that he was leaving her. It was so cute and innocent that she didn't understand.

After all the wedding celebrations, a bunch of went to the beach to look for Blue Algae. Becky's brother Dusty and his wife Lindsey had found some on Maui at night. We spent a couple hours looking for them. When I finally found the first TRUE blue algae, it popped out at me like it was a blue LED in the sand. It was pretty cool. We only found 2 on the whole beach. Maybe we will try again tonight.