Day 2 on Kauai

By the evening of Day 1 it started to rain.  And rain.  And rain.  All night long it poured rain.  At least by the morning things were lightening up a little to go explore the grounds at the hotel.  We were at the Sheraton in Poipu, normally sunny Poipu...

So we walked around and checked out the grounds at the beach and by the pool.  On our way back, we happened to walk by the valet lot and saw these cars stranded in the rising floodwaters.  Oops!  Apparently the guys got the rest of the cars out in time, but clearly these cars were a little damp inside...  I imagine there was a lot of apologizing to those folks with cars in that lot.  I'm sure they were probably all rentals, hope they got the optional insurance!

Since it was rainy anyways, we spent the morning at the pool and the beach at the Sheraton.  It was a little chilly in the pool, so we'd go back and forth from the pool to the hot tub.  There was hardly anyone else out, so we had the place to ourselves.  

On the way back to the hotel after our swim, Cole and Dan found some fish that had been washed out of the pond and were now stranded on the lawn in a shrinking pool of water.  So Cole started rescuing fish and putting them back in the pond.  There was a heron who came later too who thought this was great, like an all you can eat buffet.

Later in the day we drove to Spouting Horn, a lava tube by the ocean that shoots water in the air.  The surf was pretty high that day so it was really spouting quite high.

It was still raining on and off the entire day.  We drove up to the windward side to the huge playground there and the kids played for a while.  Thankfully the rain held off while they played.

And Cole found yet another friend (so far on this trip:  chickens, fish, and now toads).  I know who he takes after, since I was always picking up animals and dragging them home as a kid.  I have no idea who's child Adam is because he would not dream of picking up a toad.

So all in all, a wet, but still fun day.