Fire and Ice part 2 : A photo travelogue of the cruise ports San Francisco , California and Nawiliwili , Kauai .

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19 hours ago, Hogladyrider said:

@scubacruiserx2...thank you...we can do a cab to Dukes.

Thanks for the LOL moment mentioning the doors off helicopter ride.  My SO will not fly in a commercial airplane so a helicopter is definitely not on the schedule.

 

 How would your SO care about a doors off canoe ride on a small wave ? They had 45 minutes rental that came with a couple of pros paddling and steering the canoe for $ 69 p.p.

 

 

 

 The cruise port in Kauai

 

 

 

Beach volleyball at Dukes in Kauai . The player in the black T-shirt wife was the manager of Dukes resturant and they were both very nice .

 

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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 Lunch at Dukes was ONO which in Hawaiian means sweet or good to eat .

 

 

Pork Sliders

 

 

Fish and chips . The fish was Marlin a bill fish .

 

 

Crab and Macademia wontons 

 

 

Dessert was Hula Pie . Chocolate cookie crust , Macademia ice cream , toasted Macademia nuts , hot fudge and whipped cream . Ono and enough for 4 people !

 

 

 

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 Duke Kahanamoku, popularized the sport of surfing. Originally the "Sport of Kings" in Hawaii, only royalty surfed. He was also a 3 time Olympic swimmer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Kahanamoku for more information.

 

 

 

Sailing out of Nawiliwili Harbor in Kauai requires a Tug boat to help past the lighthouse and surfers in the foreground

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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The time had come to leave the port of Kauai so one last walk on the beach .

 

 

 

Hawaiian Air had cancelled our second flight so we scrambled to find a new one . We called them and the nice lady on the phone changed us to United . It didn't stop in Honolulu , but was a non stop flight to SFO for the same price !

 This is why these trees have been banned in Florida . With a shallow root structure they fall over during hurricanes .

 

 

Our condo VBRO

 

 

Here we go 

 

 

Lunch

 

 

Our hotel near the airport

 

 

We arrived just before the restaurant closed . It was nice to see some fresh veggies .

 

 

Fish and waffle chips both very good 

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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Early the next morning our guide , Erik , picked us up for a trek to Yosemite . We stopped at an orchard ( Cherry , Almond ? ) , does anybody know what these are ?

 

 

Erik told us that was the main reservoir for drinking water in San Francisco 

 

 

Arrival at the South Entrance of the park

 

 

 

We flatlander Floridians would be hiking for miles at altitude to see the Mariposa Sequoias , some of the largest trees in the world as tall as 300' .

 

 

No one told us that we would be walking for 3 miles in snowshoes !