Hanalei Beach

This could be my only day of sunshine so I packed the cooler and grabbed the beach chair that are provided in each condo. I headed North 7 km to the cute beach town of Hanalei. The two-lane road is narrow and winding, with two single lane bridges. The town is almost at the point where the road ends on the North shore of the island. The beach is nearly 5 km long and has fine, light sand. After a long beach walk I settled down with my picnic lunch and for the first time....my book! There was a distracting birthday party nearby as I had forgotten how loud squealing five year old girls can be! Despite that it was a very nice leisurely afternoon.

When I returned to the condo I walked over to the cliff edge where there are Adirondack chairs overlooking the ocean. The humpback whale watch was interesting as they were close enough to shore that you could clearly see the black of their bodies on the surface of the water and lots of spouts but none of them breached. I stayed until sunset although it was the wrong side of the island to see the actual sun setting.Read more