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In early May 2022 I joined Eric, Jodi and Michael on a one-week trip to Hawaii, ostensibly to celebrate Michael\u2019s 10th birthday. We flew to the Big Island and then flew to Kauai about half-way through the week. In retrospect we should have made reservations 30 days ahead of time to hike on the NaPali Coast, one of the highlights of any trip to Kauai.<\/p>\n
We flew into Hana, rented a car and drove to the Hilton Waikola Village resort where we stayed for the first 4 days. The Hilton is a very fancy resort\u00a0 that is built around a lagoon that stretches for about a half mile along the ocean. The lagoon has a surprising amount of fish and wildlife including a number of reef fish that can be seen while snorkeling. But more interesting were the number of sea turtles that came into the lagoon and swam around with the guests. In addition they had a collection of captive dolphins that were trained to demonstrate tricks or swim with the guests.<\/p>\n
Jodi found an online touring app called Shaka that proved to be useful in pointing us to interesting sites. We began by exploring a collection of petroglyphs at the Waikoloa Petroglyph Preserve (also known as the Anaehoomalu petroglyphs) near the resort.\u00a0 The preserve is located at the far end of a parking lot for a small strip mall. You simply park in the lot and walk the short distance to the path that winds around the petroglyphs, which are simply carved into a bed of rocks <\/p>\n<\/div>\n