The Queens Bath

I woke up a little earlier than everyone else except Father.  He was on the computer working.  So I got ready for the day as everyone slowly got up and did the same.

Awesome shave ice!

Then we had some yogurt for breakfast and Brother #1 and I volunteered with to to go with Mother to get the food for the rest of our stay in Hawaii.  While there, we got some snacks for ourselves as we got some gas and drove back to the cottage.

A myriad of options to choose from!

Then everyone piled into our cars and we stopped for some delicious shave ice.  This was the brothers first shave ice and they loved it.  Afterwords, we took a quick look at the Kilauea Lighthouse, but we didn't go into the actual lighthouse.  Our last quick stop was at a lookout that offered an extremely nice view.  Then we finally made our way to the summertime only treat; the Queen's Bath.  The last time I went to Kauai, it was winter so I couldn't come here.  But now that it's summer, I was very excited to check it out.  The walk there was a little difficult for Father since he had to hold the Baby and for Mother since she was holding the bags for us.  Whenever we offered to carry them, she passed, saying she didn't want us to fall because we were carrying the bags.

The actual pool was a little crowded but it was still fun to swim in.  We even got to jump off a tall rock into the pool which was very exciting.  The water was around 7 feet so no one got hurt, luckily.  After swimming around a bit, me, Brother #1, and Mother kept on walking and found another pool.  However, Mother felt uneasy about it so she only let me swim in it for a short amount of time.  Brother #1 was also uneasy about it so he didn't swim.  When we began to head back, Father and the rest of the brothers met us halfway and we waited on some rocks while Father took a look at the other pool.  While waiting, Mother placed the Baby on a big rock that he couldn't get down from or stand up from.  He was laughing/screaming and it gave the rest of us a good laugh.

While heading back, Father led the way and I was right behind him.  He had some trouble getting in between two rocks but when he finally did, he was met with a surprise.  Someone had decided to take a dump at the Queen's Bath!  He immediately turned around and went through the harder part.  I, however, continued to where he was going, unaware, and unfortunately had to see the reason Father turned around.

That incident aside, nothing much happened during the walk back.  We got a look at two mini waterfalls where we washed off a bit.  When we got to the car, we had a quick little lunch  before heading farther up north the island and stopped at the Ha'ena Beach Park, where we stayed until the sunset, which wasn't too long.

After washing off in the river by the beach, we went back to the cottage and relaxed in the room, making some plans for tomorrow.

All the kids having fun jumping in!