Surfing USA

I have always enjoyed listing to the music of the Beach Boys since I was an early teenager.  From the time we planned our trip to Kauai months earlier my son in-law said he wanted to try his hand at surfing.  Surfing was something my son in-law had never done before but he was determined to try. 


Try he did, while we were spending some time at the beach he headed over to Beach Boys Hut to rent himself a surf board and try his hand at standing up on that board while riding the waves of the Pacific Ocean at Kalapaki Beach.  No lesson, just the board and give it try.  His plan was to watch the others and try to do the same thing. 

 My son in-law paddling his way out to try surfing for the first time. 

There was a few guys out there that gave him pointers and told him how to do something things.  He tried and tried and nearly got all the way up!  One of the surfers told him he had a good form on going from laying down to getting up on his feet.  He was close to standing up and riding the waves.  I give him credit for trying and I know he will try again next time in Hawaii. 

So as my son in-law was heading back in to shore we noticed that the Pride of America was pulling out of Port, heading back out to the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.  My son in-law had no clue that the cruise ship was only a few hundred yards out behind him.  We're all on the shore waving at him trying to get his attention when I was able to finally get a picture of him with the cruise ship behind him.

 Surfer Boy!

Our son in-law gave it a good effort on his own trying to surf the waves of the Pacific Ocean. 

Pride of America

Day 2 found us awaking to Kauai's own alarm clock.....you guessed it the Roosters!  I really can't complain as I was able to enjoy another beautiful sunrise while having my first cup of coffee.

As I was sitting on the Lanai enjoying a delicious cup of Kauai Coffee I get a text message from a friend of mine in LaRonge asking if we were going to be there that week with the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race!

I quickly snap this photo of the sunrise, teasing him that I am sitting on the Lanai enjoying the beautiful warm weather of Kauai, while he is maybe not enjoying as much as living with the snow, wind and cold temperatures of a typical Saskatchewan winter.

So as he and I are chatting, my daughter comes into the room to join me when she say "Holy Cow, Look at that!!  I look up and pulling into the Nawiliwili Harbor is a Pride of America Cruise ship....that ship was very quiet and quick!  We knew it would be arriving first thing in the morning and I had been watching for it but it was like it came in from now where.  Not 5 minutes prior I was watching for it and it was in front of me.  My daughter laughed at me for not noticing it, but when busy texting you don't necessarily notice things.

I quickly snap a couple of photos and send them to my friend, showing him was just pulling in.  My friend's reply was "I wish I was on that instead of sitting in the office watching the snow"! 

The cruise ship sure dwarfs this little tug boat that brought it into the Harbor. 

It sure didn't take long for the tug boat to get the "Pride of America" docked and the passengers were deboarding for their day in beautiful Lihue, Kauai!  

A close up of the tug boat through the fence as it sits in the harbor. 

The best photo of the Pride of America all lite up at night that I could get off our Lanai.   The ship stayed docked at the Nawiliwili Harbor in Lihue, Kauia for the night.  

The Pride of America pulled out of port on Thrusday afternoon around 2:30 pm with the Tug Boat towing it back out to the open ocean.  

 As one set of visitors arrive by air, one set of leave The Garden Island by boat! 

 Aloha!!

 

It didn't take long for the tug boat to get the Cruise Ship away from the dock and turned around to take it back out to the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.  It was really neat to watch it leave the harbor with such ease.  

Heading back into the Harbor!!