Post #770475 by danlovestikis on Mon, Nov 21, 2016 10:01 AM

Day 5 of our trip to Kauai, Hawaii.

We have always made the river trip to see the Fern Grotto. It's a fun trip.

We went the year before the Hurrican and the year right after. It was lush like this and then it was devastated with all the trees blown over and the sun hitting what was left of the ferns.

It has stayed that way. Now there are bathrooms and a platform where there had been a small tropical valley.

The ferns are not as plentiful either. However if this is your first time it is still a very beautiful spot.

In the past we stood in the cave while a lady sang the Hawaiian wedding song down in the valley.

Now it was time to

hike back to the boat.

No singing and dancing on the trip back. You just relax and enjoy the beauty.

We drove to the other side of the river to see an aerial view of our boat ride.

Then on the other side was the fall that runs to the river.

The fall is just up the road from the old Coco Palms. It's like a ghost hotel since the hurricane.

Time for lunch.

Our view was of a palm tree grove.

We have 9 days to go. Cheers, Wendy