We awoke before the alarm next morning and rapidly decided to get up and go. We caught the 7.30 am shuttle back to Honolulu airport and the lady at the desk offered us an earlier flight which we took.

We grabbed a croissant each and a cuppa for breakfast, then headed for the Departure Gate to wait the hour before we left. It was a short 30-minute flight – up then down – but when we got to Lihue airport we found out our luggage would be on the next flight in 30 minutes.

We decided to go pick up our hire car from Alamo and discovered their idea of a compact was our idea of a medium, so we have a really nice 2-door car. We followed directions and went back for our luggage, then headed off to find the Aston Kauai Beach Villas. Their idea of a map doesn’t help much when you don’t know anything. The Aston Kauai Beach Villas are fairly old but the maintenance has been kept up to them and we are beside the beach. The grounds are manicured and look inviting.

We headed off to the shopping village for groceries after we investigated our apartment and dropped off our luggage. We are up a short flight of stairs and have our own balcony. We shopped at Safeway, then made our appointments for 2.00 pm to see the Chiropractor. He is Polynesian and his wife, also a chiropractor, is Danish.

We had lunch and a wonderful cup of our own coffee before heading back to our Chiropractic adjustments. Russ has already confirmed our river trip and canyon trip for tomorrow, and they pick us up at the front office at 8:15 am. After our adjustments we headed for the Drug Store to check out the magnifying glasses for Helen and Libby (only 3.25), then to the Coconut Market to look for souvenirs.

We then headed back to the apartment and while Russ veged out, I did the washing (three loads), put the bought lasagna in the oven, and am writing up this diary then intend to vege out myself. Forgot to mention two things. We were pulled up by the security team on the scanners before we caught the flight to Kauai, for the first time. It was the pewter bear we bought for Dad which had offended the two ladies. Thank heavens we packed the souvenirs into the small bag to carry with us. The second thing worthy of mention, from Russ’ point of view, is the bed. In his opinion it is an emperor’s bed – king size in other words. There is enough space for two more people when we are in it.