Aloha! Well last night was the end of a great visit. We knew it had to come just wish it could have taken a little longer to get here. Mom and Dad had a red eye flight home so we tried to make their last day on Kauai as relaxing as possible. We started the day with a late breakfast here at the apartment. While we were eating and watching the election coverage Jackie and Dad got all of Mom and Dad's washing caught up. After the last of the clothes were dried and folded we thought it was time to show them a bit more of our island so we headed towards Lihue. On the way thru Anahola it occured to me that we had forgotten to take them to Duanes Ono Char Burger. Now I need to tell you a little bit about Duanes. It's just a little hole in the wall hambuger joint with a nicely shaded eating area with concrete tables and chairs. They serve pretty good burgers...not nearly as good as the 10-4 but real good by Kauai standards! It always takes a while to get your order so if you are in a hurry you will want to eat elsewhere. Now I bet you are wondering why we wanted to make sure that we showed Mom and Dad Duanes and the only way I can explain it is that it is kind of like the 10-4 in that its an institution here on Kauai and someplace that you enjoy going but like the 10-4 you can't really explain why! After we left Duanes we made a little detour to Anahola beach park, another of Kauai's lovely beaches and then it was on to Kilohana. Kilohana is an old plantation house they have converted into a restaurant and a lot of little doodad shops. There is a little railroad station with a train ride that tours the grounds and a carriage ride pulled by draft horses if you are interested. They are also building a rum distillery and have a nice pavillion where they put on a luau. We enjoyed Kilohana for a good share of the afternoon but needed to return Mom's wheelchair so it was back into town to do that then back to the apartment for naps and to check on the election. After what I'm sure were very fitfull naps...Mom and Dad's were more than likely interrupted by nightmares as they were not nearly as pleased as Jackie and I were about how the election was going we decided to take them to Kauai Pasta for a late dinner. We enjoyed a nice dinner although Mom did have a bit of trouble with her reflux disease. She had to have surgery a while back and sometimes she has trouble getting her throat relaxed enough to eat. After we ate we still had some time to kill so we went to about the only place that was still open...Walmart! We walked around looking at a few more things but unfortunately it was soon time to make that much dreaded drive to the airport. We gave them one last look at Nawiliwili Harbor before saying our last goodbyes at the airport.
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