One morning we took the Reaves and Grandma paddling up the Wailua River to see Fern Grotto and Secret Falls. It had rained a few days before, but the river was clear and went for it.
The kids switched boards a million times on our way up, and Matix saved a large pink moth from drowning all before getting to the dock at Fern Grotto.
We got papayas to go with our picnic lunch and continued on our way up to the grotto.
After our lunch stop, we continued on the river to the trailhead for secret falls. We parked our boards and headed in for the long hike.
What was normally a dry, easy and quick hike, turned into a few hours of slow and hard hiking thanks to the ridiculous amount of mud.
The kids weren't excited at first, but then got really into it. Being a mud monster has it's perks. Plus the river crossing, gave them a fresh start again, which was nice, although we all got muddy again shortly after.
We finally made it to the falls, and they did not disappoint. This is one of our favorite hikes here. It's so beautiful.
By the time we had hiked out, it was getting dark. We didn't want to be stuck on the hike after dark, so there were drier portions that we all had to RUN, and then we got our boards and paddled hard to get back in time. We made it, but it was an ALL day adventure, for sure.
We ended the day eating an extra frozen Kauai pie, yes please!
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Beautiful!
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