SITE 1.

10:19 AM. After renting the car in Lihue I raced us up Waimea canyon road to get to this Kalalau valley lookout before 10 am. After 10 am the clouds roll in from the sea and obscure the view. I was driving like a mad man as Phil would ooh and ahhh at the passing canyon scenes, ocean views, and mountain vistas. I told him that we would see all those things later, as we had a mission to get to the end of the road before the clouds do. As you can see, we made it in time and the view was spectacular. After taking bucket loads of photos, we climbed in the car and made a more leisurly trip down the canyon road. My goal today was to show Phil as much as the island as possible in the 9 hours of sunlight. Ultimately we would end up on the Na Pali trail to Kalalau valley, a spot somewhat directly below us but we must drive all around the island to get there.