Last Day in Kauai

 Our last full day in Kauai started with me listening to a Special Townhall for work. I shouldn't have joined. I didn't learn about anything I didn't already know. There have been a lot of changes happening at work, so I thought I might miss some meaningful updates, but that wasn't the case. Oh well. 

Mark and I stopped for coffee and smoothies at Eden Coffee on our way to the nearby Maha'ulepu Heritage Trail nearby and enjoyed some gorgeous scenery while getting our steps in.

Kauai Coffee Company. If you enjoy coffee, it's worth at least the self-tour. I like a good cup of coffee, but not so much that I'd want to learn all about it. We elected to do the self-tour and learned several interesting facts. The highlight was being able to sample many flavors of coffee offered. If I had know that, I wouldn't have gotten coffee earlier. By the time I finished sampling, I was buzzing on caffeine! The coffee was delicious and we picked up several bags for me, as well as for others. 

We were hungry after the coffee company, so we stopped by the Koloa Fish Market which had quite the selection of ahi for build-your-own-poke bowls. We took our food to go and headed back to the hotel. While the girls got ready for the day, we enjoyed our lunch. Then we took the girls to the local shopping area where I bought them each a souvenir ring to remember the trip before they had their lunch at Leong's. 

Once everyone was awake and fed, we headed to Poipu Beach. Surprisingly, we found parking relatively easily even though we didn't get there until almost 1:00. Maybe the early morning beach goers had already departed. Anyway, it was a lovely beach with lifeguards. We spent a few hours there. Keira built a sand dog and won a $50 bet I had made with her  years ago. Then Mark and the girls went snorkeling while I kept an eye on them and read. When we were exhausted from the sun and heat, we packed it to head back to the hotel to clean up. But before that, we swung by Anake's Juice Bar inside the Kukuiula store for smoothies and candy. The smoothies were delicious!

Since arriving, we noticed a long line at a place called Da Crack...It turned out it was a hot spot for tacos and burritos. I thought we should at least try it. Well, in my opinion, it is not worth it - skip it. I actually thought it was pretty bad. I can't really articulate what  made it bad, but it just was. Lots of people line up to eat there, so maybe we didn't order the right food. Not sure. Thank goodness the sunset made up for a lack luster dinner.