Graham texted me back in August with the idea of him and his friend wanting to come to Kauai over fall break. To be honest I was not expecting Graham to want to spend time outside on this beautiful island. I asked him what he wanted to do here while he was here and he said he wanted to see a Hawaiian waterfall and swim in the ocean.
And I said come better come because I can make that happen!
Gavin and I picked them up at 7 pm from the airport. I was not expecting Graham's friend to be so tall. He said he is a size 16 in shoes. WOW. We stocked up on groceries at Costco before returning to our little house on Peleleu Street.
Graham was so sweet and thought our place was so lovely. He and his friend crashed on the blow-up mattress and pull-out couch during their stay.
You can't be around Graham without having to talk sports or watch sports. So on Saturday, he made his famous homemade salt and cinnamon pretzels and we watched the BYU football game. His friend Noah didn't seem like the sports kind of person. He was passed out on the couch the whole time while Graham and I cheered on BYU.
Graham and I had a great time even though the cougars didn't win.
I took the boys up to Waimea Canyon for a hike. Graham thought this was the most intense hike because of the cliff it was on so he turned around. Noah didn't make it very far either because he was wearing Walmart slippers. I however just hiked down a little bit. The view of Kalepa Ridge is my favorite and can't be beat.
They pretty spent pretty much their time swimming at different beaches around the island. We swam at Hanalei Bay, Lydgate Park, Poipu beach, Sheraton beach, shipwreck, salt pond and we even went snorkeling at Lawai beach and Koloa Landing. I was so glad that the boys were able to get outside and enjoy the beautiful aina.
In the evenings we played Mexican trains and card games. It's so fun being a host for so many people, especially family.
Graham's friend was making Gavin and I laugh so hard. On the first day, Graham said the first thing he needed to do was buy sunscreen. We went to good old 7/11 to grab some. Graham's friend didn't want to buy any because it was too expensive. I had a spray sunscreen bottle in the car I told him he could use. On the first day, we went snorkeling and Graham put his sunscreen on very carefully making sure he didn't miss a spot. Noah on the other hand asked Graham to spray some on his back. Graham picked up the bottle and did a zigzag across his back in about 2 seconds and said done.
Well, when we got out of the water an hour later Noah's back had a zig zag sunburn down his back. I was trying not to laugh but what do you expect? The rest of the week he was blistery and sore. Poor guy..
One night after playing some Frisbee golf we went out for dinner. Gavin and I had heard nothing but amazing things from a new place called Street Burger. We love burgers and wanted to give it a shot. We waited quite a while for our food which was shocking because it wasn't very busy and the only thing on the menu was burgers. Graham said they must be legit burgers if they were taking this long to make them. When they came out we thought they looked really yummy. The display was great my mouth was watering and I was so excited to bite into my burger. We all took a bite and were so disappointed. There wasn't any mayo or mustard, and the beef patty was so dry. On the side of our burger, we had a Wendy's size cup of red sauce that was their homemade specialty. When we dipped our burgers in we were so disappointed because it tasted like black licorice. I told the waiter the sauce tasted like black licorice and she said it was because they use glycyrrhizin. She didn't even have a bottle of ketchup we could use for our fry's or burgers. We had a good laugh in the car writing reviews on yelp. But we ended the night on a high with some homemade brownies and Mexican train!
Graham and Gavin went golfing one morning at the Kukuiolono a golf course and since Graham is a minor it only cost him $13 for a round of golf and clubs. Who knew? They had so much fun golfing. I think Graham got his first par!
I took Graham to see his Hawaiian waterfall. Waialua falls is probably the easiest tallest waterfall there is see in Kauai. All you have to do is drive and park and you get a great view. However, if you want to swim in it you have to jump the fence and walk 10 minutes down a hill. Noah wasn't wearing the right kind of shoes so he stayed up top. We made it to the falls and took a swim. Graham loved his Hawaiian Waterfall!
I enjoyed watching Graham's head bob above the waves as they were in the ocean. The ocean just really does something to you.
Cheers to the great week with Graham! I was glad he came because it was spring break for the DOE so I would have been by myself most days while Gavin was working.
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