It's not quite 8 am in Kauai as I write this. I'll soon be packing to leave this little spot of paradise. I hear D shaking out his clothes as he has already started packing. (I am a much better procrastinator than he is.)
It's difficult to relate the feelings and experience of being here. (I know, I have to post those photos... there are just so many. Maybe I'll have time on the plane.) But aside from the visuals, just a few moments ago I was sitting on the lanai just listening to the bird calls, back and forth, for what seemed like the better part of an hour. The birds are very active here in the AM with their noise, but it's the most beautiful bird noise I have ever heard. Even the cat just sits and listens.
We got up a bit after 6 to watch our final sun rise of this trip. (Being up for sunrise was pretty much a daily thing, at least for D... I slept in some mornings). Yesterday we were down on the beach at 5:30 am and watched almost from first light, to sunshine. The sand crabs also kept us amused with their digging of holes and frantic watchfulness.
We have a few hours before we leave for the airport. That gives us enough time to still hang out on the beach and wiggle toes in the water. For this I am very grateful.
For anyone following the saga of Daniel and his eye, he saw the opthamologist on Tuesday, and got new drops. They have worked very well and his comfort has increased and the swelling has reduced. For the first time, he says it's feeling better! So it appears we are past that bump in our otherwise idyllic island experience.