Kauai Day 2: Sunday

Thanks for all of the comments, it's nice to know you guys are reading and enjoying the pics. As I'm sure you can tell I am a few days behind, but I'll catch up!

After hiking quite a bit on the first day and knowing that day 3 would be a BIG hike we decided to take it easier on day 2. John found a way to watch the Cubs game in the morning, now this is when you know someone is truly obsessed! Meanwhile, I spent some time lounging around. We had a leisurely lunch and then drove to the north side of the island to try to find secret beach. The drive through the north side of the island is spectacular! Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, I think I was in shock. Everything is so green and so lush. After following the directions of our wonderful guide book we found secret beach with no problems. It turns out that secret beach is really no secret, there were plenty of people there. However, the beach is so big that you don’t feel like there are a lot of people there.
We had read about some lava pools a short walk from the beach and decided to take a look. To get there you had to walk over all of these lava rocks and boulders, not an easy task.
All around you are huge lava rocks carved out by the ocean. Some of them have water in them and some of them are dry. Finally we get to the end of our walk to see a few larger pools that you can swim in. There were quite a few people there, and even a dog was enjoying a swim. The water was very warm, and felt great to swim in.

After the lava pools we spent some time relaxing on the beach, the waves were perfect. A great day in Kauai!