DAY 10 .. RAIN .. RAIN .. RAIN!!!

It has rained on and off every day since we've been in Kauai but it's a gentle almost like a mist rain and the sun was still shining as if there was no rain at all!!  This morning we woke to a heavy rain with no sun and it continued to rain most of the morning!! 

I spent the morning messing with maps in the various magazines we picked up and playing on my computer!!  I will scan these maps when I get settled in at home and hopefully they will come out better.



Pat decided she would bake a Pumpkin Pie to enjoy with our Coffee later .. Yummmmm!!!

 

 

Eventually the rain quit and we loaded up in our rental van and headed out .. we were planning to spend Friday ON THE BEACH and we had to decide which beach we wanted to go to!!  



Hanalei Beach





 





I found the following picture and story about Andy Long on Google this morning .. 



 

Family: Surfing legend Andy Irons' death at 32 caused by hardening of arteries

Triple world champion surfer Andy Irons died of a heart attack caused by the hardening of his coronary arteries, his family said in a press release Thursday. Irons, 32, died unexpectedly in November.

Irons had withdrawn from an event in 2010 amid concerns that he and others on the tour contracted dengue fever. He was returning home to Hawaii when he was found dead in an airport hotel while on a layover in Dallas.
But long-awaited toxicology reports and an autopsy, which were held off while his widow, Lyndie, was pregnant with their son, showed that dengue fever did not lead to the surfing star's death.
"A plaque of this severity, located in the anterior descending coronary artery, is commonly associated with sudden death," Dr. Vincent Di Maio, a prominent forensic pathologist, explained to the family, according to the press release.
"The only unusual aspect of the case is Mr. Irons' age, 32 years old," Di Maio told them. "Deaths due to coronary atherosclerosis usually begin to appear in the late 40s. Individuals such as Mr. Irons have a genetic predisposition to early development of coronary artery disease. In about 25% of the population, the first symptom of severe coronary atherosclerosis is sudden death."
No other factors contributed to his death, Di Maio told the family.
But the official toxicology report and autopsy from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner notes a second cause of death as "acute mixed drug ingestion."
Di Maio however said he believes most of the the drugs found in Irons' system (Xanax and Methadone) were at therapeutic levels. Benzoylecgonine, which is often tested for when conducting cocaine urinalysis, was also found in his system. A toxicologist that the family consulted said the levels of Benzoylecgonine were "consistent with the use of cocaine at about 30 hours prior to his death."
The report also shows trace amounts of methamphetamine in Irons' system. His wife says she insists the surfing champ did not use methamphetamine, "so it is likely the substance was present in the cocaine he ingested."
Lyndie Irons said that looking back, she does remember a few instances in the last year in which her husband complained of chest pains or occasional heartburn. She said a holistic health practitioner in Australia, whom he visited when he was looking for vitamin therapy, "offhandedly" said the surfer "had the heart of a 50-year-old."
She also said her husband had gotten typhoid fever five years ago, which she knows can damage the heart.
"But Andy shrugged it all off and led no one to believe he was in ill health," Lyndie Irons said.
Andy Irons was known for his battles with world-renowned ten-time champion Kelly Slater, one of the people who got him into surfing.
"It's all about the feeling I get from riding that wave," Irons said in a video for one of the tours called "I Surf Because." "That first wave is the reason why I think everyone keeps coming back."
And making a comeback is just what Irons had done. He had taken a year off, and admittedly struggled with some personal problems, but said getting back into surfing was what helped him get through it.
"I have a lot of inner demons. If I didn't have surfing to get those out of my system, I would self-destruct," he said in the video. "Surfing's the only reason that keeps me going at a normal state. It keeps my life at an even keel; without it, it would just tip into oblivion."

 



 

 

Just checking things out and enjoying the sight and sound of the crashing waves!!!

How about heading into Hanalei for lunch??? 

 

 



Yep that's Rich in the"Stoopid Chikin" shirt .. LOL!!

 

 

I'm not an "adventurous" eater but I've tried many new food choices on this trip!!  I have now eaten Mahi Mahi, Hebi (a short billed Swordfish) and today I chose Marlin!! 

Tunnels Beach .. you should remember this one from the other day .. it has the cave

Back to Priceville .. it was raining again but we stopped and got a picture of this beautiful church!

And of course we couldn't leave Princeville without getting Ice Cream at Lappert's!!!

A row of Cook's Pines on the way "home"!!!

When we got home and got all settled in I found out why Pat has baked the Pumpkin Pie!!  I caught her and Sylvia giggling in the kitchen as they put candles on the pie for my birthday .. LOL!!  I enjoyed the sound of them giggling together almost as much as I enjoyed the Pumpkin Pie .. LOL!!! 

One of the candles had a musical base and was playing the Birthday Song and the whole gang sang along with it!!!

 

Whoops .. the camera wasn't on the right setting and messed up but you get the idea .. LOL LOL LOL!!  Thank You girls for the birthday surprise!!