Hanalei, Kauai and the Wailua River

First and foremost, happy birthday to my mother in law Josie! Andy and I are here with his parents so we can celebrate tonight. I figured I might as well sneak in a quick blog post.

After Ke'e Beach we decided to eat lunch in Hanalei. We were kind of rugged looking after a day of snorkelling so grabbing a burger at Bubba's sounded perfect to me.





Bubba's sells all kinds of burgers and uses Kauai grass-fed beef which really excited me. (I am a dork afterall.)





Andy got a kalua pork sandwich with sweet chili sauce. We shared an order of fries.



I don't know about you but salty and crispy french fries after a day at the beach taste so good!



I ordered one of Bubba's smallest burgers with cheese, teriyaki sauce and pineapple. It was great. I love pineapples with teriyaki sauce.



And after lunch we drove around looking for more waterfalls.





And the Wailua river. It was really striking against the green. Kauai is the greenest island I've seen so far!











My sad attempt of a picture of the both of us. I put my camera on top of the car.

Sometimes a rushed picture of the two of us using the auto-timer and some sort of holding position is all you need. One day we'll cherish these silly pictures, thinking about the great times we had together. I hope we always travel and venture out into the world with a desire to do more than just visit a place. We experience it. Give us food that the locals would eat. Take us to that beach that tourists typically don't see. I hope we find an excuse to travel every year of our lives, to celebrate each anniversary like we celebrated our first. Maybe that's a little over romanticized for some, but I've never been one to settle for less. Weirdly enough, this silly picture of us makes me so happy. I digress...I'll be back or Andy will be back with more recaps shortly.

Do you travel often? Why or why not?