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Kaua'i Day Three

We started off Day Three by picking up breakfast at Banana Joe's. Joe and Cindy have been there since 1986, grow most of the fruit themselves, and use no dairy or sugar when making their fruit shakes and smoothies. Joe's is between Princeville and Kilauea on the mauka, or mountain, side of the road.

Our next destination was the former plantation town of Kilauea, known for the Kilauea Lighthouse. This is a postcard-perfect landmark, as evidenced by our pictures below. Perched on a bluff, the Kilauea Lighthouse represents the northernmost point of the Hawaiian Islands. When it was built in 1913, it had the largest clamshell lens in existence and was used until the mid '70s when it was replaced by a beacon. Directly offshore is Moku'ae'ae Island, a bird sanctuary. The only bummer of seeing the Kilauea Lighthouse is that you can't go upstairs to see the light itself.

	On the way to Kilauea, we stopped at the scenic overlook of the Hanalei Wildlife Refuge. Here's part of the Hanalei Valley.
	Another shot of Hanalei Valley.
	Looking down at the Kilauea Point Lighthouse. The U.S. government acquired the point in 1909 and completed the lighthouse in 1913 as a guide to ships arriving from the Orient. The lighthouse was dedicated on May 1, 1913 with a luau to which everyone in Kilauea town was invited.
	Looking across the inlet at part of the bird sanctuary the bulk of Kilaeua Point has become, protected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. All of those white dots you see are birds...
	The Kilauea Lighthouse. The lighthouse's Fresnel lens was built in France in 1912 for $12,000. During World War II, the lighthouse and radio beacon were turned off, and a top-secret radar site was operated on Crater Hill.
	Moku'ae'ae Island, directly off the Point. More white dots=more birds.
	The spike-shaped mountain you see in the middle here is Kalalea Mountain, sometimes called King Kong's Profile. You can see the striking resemblance to Kong, fitting, since the 1976 remake was filmed on Kaua'i.
	We spent the afternoon at Lydgate State Park. Named for a Canadian minister who devoted himself to Kaua'i, Lydgate Park is the best place on Kaua'i to learn to snorkel, which is exactly what we did. Pictures of the fish are forthcoming...
	We capped the day off at Zelo's Beach House in Hanalei. Kelly had the special of the day, an ahi dish, and I had the coconut shrimp. All of the locals we've spoken to tell us Zelo's is the best restaurant on the island, so if you ever make the trip, make sure you eat here.

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