I've just been hangin' on the North shore.  When I stay here, I don't go anywhere else.  Why???  This sunrise pic was taken from my lanai at Hanalei Colony Resort.

A couple days ago, for old times sake, I hiked a mile of the Kalalau Trail.  Did the whole 11 miles three times in the '80s, but those days are long gone.  Even the first mile is spectacular, though, as this view of the coast shows.

Trail is almost always muddy in spots.  If I had hiking boots, I could still have made it to Hanakapiai, two miles in...but with sneakers, no.

Classic view of Ke'e Beach from the trail.

Secret Beach.  I have been here many times over the past 30 years.  Back then, everybody here ran around naked, and many folks camped for months at a time.  Today, very few nudies, camping strictly kapu.  But it's still beautiful.

Hanging taro patches on the cliff walls of Secret Beach.

Ah, it's hora feliz.  My resort has a couple chaises planted on the beach...very convenient. 

At dusk, everything assumes a pinkish hue.

The Limahuli Gardens, near the end of the road on the North Shore.  The ancient Hawaiians settled Limahuli Valley intensively, planting taro in these terraces, estimated to be 700 years old.

Limahuli Stream, with the primeval mountains of Kauai in the background. 

Makana, known to haoles as Bali Hai since the filming of South Pacific.  The ancient Hawaiians used Makana as a venue for the fire ceremony.  Guys climbed up to the summit, then lit lightweight logs and tossed them over the edge.  Updrafts generated by the tradewinds carried the flaming logs as much as a mile out to sea.  Must have been quite a spectacle.

Classic rugged Kaua'i landscape.

Blow up the pic and you'll see a crab in the center.  These guys hang out in the rocks at Kepuhi Beach.  At low tide they stay in crevices, but at high tide, when water washes over their lairs, they come forth, looking for creatures to devour.  They're quite entertaining.

A monk seal, hauled out on Kepuhi Beach.  The signs are portable; if you see a monk, you just erect the signs around him to keep folks from hassling this rare sloat.