Hawaii - June 1 - South shore of Kauai, Waimea Canyon, Ultimate

We had seen Kauai's northern shore and it was awesome.  On June 1, it was time to check out the southern shore.  Along our way was the Feral Pig.  We'd been there once for lunch but not yet for breakfast.  Their beer-mosas were pretty okay and the breakfast tacos were something particularly special!

After that, we basically drove straight out to the end of the road - the Waimea Canyon.  They call this the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii's islands, and it didn't disappoint.  I took scads of pictures.  Here's are two of them:

After looking around for a while, spotting some crazy-huge "frigate birds," and then subsequently rained and misted out, we set out to check out the rest of the south shore and look for some food before evening ultimate.

Food we found in Hanapepe - the Kauai Island Brewery.  The food was better than it really needs to be at a brew-pub.  The beer was pretty decent to.  From there we checked out the nearby harbor, went to the Kauai Cookie Company to get some supplies for the potluck dinner that had been called for after the ultimate game, and then made our way back east.

Port Allen 

The US's western-most independent book store?!?

The ultimate game was to be played at Lyndgate Park, not too far from our motel.  I'd found them online and emailed prior to the game.  It appeared that this was a special game - their once-a-month meetup between the south shore and the north shore folks.  That meant a bigger-than-usual turnout and a potluck following the game.

Okay by us.

Lyndgate Park is actually on the beach.  This beach in fact:

The game was great - we played until we couldn't see anymore, then took out a disc with some LED lights on it and then played some more.  After that, we ate and drank the evening away.  The folks were super-friendly and welcomed us to their game and party.

It doesn't really get any better than that.