Jury Duty

I’m here on my second day of jury duty awaiting… Well, awaiting anything at this point. Nothing has happened so far. Yesterday they called 49 people as potential jurors for one trial, but they still haven’t done anything with them (and I’m not one of them). As for the rest of us (at least 10 times the number of people you see in the picture!), still nothing but waiting.

I was actually hoping to go through the whole process of being on a jury – it seems interesting – but I think my chances are slim to none at this point. It seems that there is no need for juries this week!

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Kauai Coffee Company

A couple of days ago we stopped off at the Kauai Coffee Company Visitor Center. We took a self-guided tour of “How Coffee is Made” and tasted a bunch of their coffee blends.
I love finding unique visitor centers to visit while on vacation. 🙂
There’s a pineapple plantation here too, but it’s center has been “temporarily closed” since we got here.

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Waipo’o Falls

This is Waipo’o Falls on the Canyon Trail up in Waimea Canyon. We hiked there yesterday and the trail was amazing! We hiked right along the edge of this HUGE canyon and it was just a amazing. We also stopped at the lookout points on the drive to the top, one of which had a big family of mountain goats scampering over the hillside. That was cool!

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Artistic Endeavours

We brought along some new art supplies to try out in our vacation… Colored pencils, oil pastels, and some paints and small canvas. We each have a new sketch book as well, and we’ve had a great time drawing scenes by the pool, at the beach, and (as seen below) in our room. Rainbow Bear knows how to strike a pose!

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View from our room

This is part of the view from our room here in Kauai. That’s the ocean out there… And our “grotto” pool and poolside cafe.
It’s nice and warm here. We spent yesterday driving north from Lihue to the end of the road at Kee Beach. We shopped for some snacks at Foodland and signed up for their Maika’i loyalty rewards card to save money on future snack trips.
Today we’ll head south to Poipu and see what’s to see down there. I think we’ll start in with some hiking tomorrow. 🙂
We’re having a great time!!!

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