January 25, 1962

Place: Kauai

Weather: Rain showers

Ate breakfast at hotel then walked over to visit the rehabilitation workshop. About 10am got in the car and took the North Drive through Kapaa, Anohola, Kilauea, to Hanalei Valley hook out. Here you can see Taroat rice paddies down bellow. Post gorgeous beaches, fields of sugar cane and pineapples. Saw the Waloli  Mission built in 1835 ( minister name's Philip A. Brick ) At the end of the trip we saw the wet and dry caves of Haena where royalty was said to have gathered. Ended at beautiful beach where Joey put his feet in the ocean. Tonight was the birthday celebration at the hotel. The menu was prime ribs with a dessert of cake topped with fresh coconut. There were favors of a Hawaiian flag, cigarette holders and bauda orehids ( which I pinned in my bun ). Henry J. Kaiser was there to plant a new tree in the coconut grove with great pomp and ceremony.

January 24, 1962

Place: Kuai
Weather: Rain showers plus cooler

Wrote letters then drove in rented Hillman to Kupaa  to shop for a muumuu. Got one for 2.95. Then called Shokin Kobashigawa, and went to visit. Saw Opaikaa Falls Giant Rock formation. Stayed at Shokin's until about 8:30 visiting and eating. Had fresh pineapples, mived with coconut milk. Brought 3 pineapples home with us.

January 23, 1962

Place: Kuai
Weather: Warm

Left Honolulu at 2:20 Kauai flight was about 30 minutes. We were driven to the hotel and everyone is nice. It's set in the largest coconut grove and the sea is just across the highway. You can hear the surf from he room. Ate dinner here and saw the impressive torch lighting ceremonies. The conch shell is blown of the drum beats while the torches are lit. All the participants wear red lava - lavas. The dining room is on a lanai overlooking a lagoon swarming with fish.