[SheriaVa]

Originally Posted by MomTo2SweetPeas

I was on Kauai! When are you going? Have you been before? It was so much fun. One of my sisters got married there - in Hanalei.

Wow! Small world. I'm going to be staying in a house in Princeville, which is just down the road from Hanalei! Unfortunately, I'm going to be leaving too soon for you to contact your aunt and get back to me, but I do appreciate the information you provided. I will look around while I'm there and see what I can find. I'm vacationing with 4 friends and we only have 1 rental car, so I may not be able to do it anyway. But I'll look!

[Nori71]

It was at the "community center" building in downtown (small town) Hanalei. Have fun! Princeville was great. The main hotel there is amazing! Helicopter tours are great! Go up the Na Pali Coast on a boat, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Waimea Canyon, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Wailua Falls...and of course just relax!! There was some other stuff we didn't get to. We didn't do too much on the West Coast.

[illinichick]

I really really like the Billy Blanks Boot Camp Ab video... 35 minutes of abs that goes fairly quickly... You can DEFINITELY feel it the next day, but in a good way

[isabee03]

I like Ab Jam from the Turbo Jam series.

[Nori71]

Originally Posted by SheriaVa

Wow! Small world. I'm going to be staying in a house in Princeville, which is just down the road from Hanalei!

Hey, just curious if you are already home or not? Keep hearing about the deadly flooding, highways shut down and dams breaking on the North Shore. Hope you are safe.

[SheriaVa]

Originally Posted by MomTo2SweetPeas

Hey, just curious if you are already home or not? Keep hearing about the deadly flooding, highways shut down and dams breaking on the North Shore. Hope you are safe.

I am back and safe, and thank you for asking! I was just coming to post about my trip and let you know that I didn't get a chance to hula but I did very much enjoy my trip, despite the last several days being rainy.

The road/bridge to Hanalei (north of Princeville) was closed a few times while we were there and again right after we left. The dam that burst and killed people and closed the main highway on the island (Kuhio Hwy.) happened about 36 hours after we flew out. Needless to say, my stomach was doing flips when I read that first article about the dam. Kilauea (where the dam burst) was just down the road from where we were staying--SO scary.

My heart goes out to people who were due to fly out on Tuesday because, if they were staying in Princeville or Hanalei, there was no way for them to get to the airport. Someone who is still in Kauai on vacation posted on a Hawaii travel board that the traffic going to the airport was madness--I guess everyone was trying to get out while they could.

We had great weather for our helicopter ride over the island, which was stupendous, for our whale watch tour, and for a trip to the Kilauea Lighthouse. We went shopping on the first day of rain, stayed home for the second day (really torrential rain and we were concerned about getting stranded while out and about), and did Waimea Canyon on Saturday, when there was a break from the rain but it was still cloudy and foggy.

Thanks again for your concern and for your offer to help with information. Too bad I didn't find you until right before I was leaving!

Sheri

[Nori71]

Glad you had a good trip and are home safe. Can you believe how much it rains there? It was rainy off and on when we were there also. I spoke with my uncle earlier today and he said they are planning to open the road b/t Hanalei and Princeville one way soon so people can get in and out again. They have a little "Tiki" hut behind their house that they rent out for vacations and they haven't seen their renters in 30 hours or so.