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Get Lost in Kauai

Dennis Rockney
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Outrigger
How do you experience the real, unseen Hawaii? Start by heeding the words of Gary Smith, Kauai plantation expert and preservationist. Hint: it involves ignoring guidebooks. Read More
Kiahuna Plantation Manor & Gardens

Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Outrigger

By 1948, the Moir gardens had drawn international attention and was classified as “one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world,” ranking with the likes of Huntington Gardens and the Royal Gardens of Monaco. The Moirs received many requests for garden tours and in 1954 officially opened the gardens to the public.
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Adventure Napali and Beyond to Niihau

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Earlier this summer, we asked our Facebook fans to share their favorite Hawaii adventures. Far and away, the number one favorite adventure in Hawaii takes place on the ocean. At least, for our Facebook fans. Of all the water related activities mentioned, experiencing Kauai's Napali Coastline ranked right at the top. Read More
Hot Dogs in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Now, Hawaii is quite a distance from Chicago. And, when it comes to food, Hawaii is known for items that never passed my lips when I was growing up in the Midwest. Shoots, most I had never heard of before vacationing in Hawaii. Like saimin. Manapua. Poke. Lomilomi salmon. Poi. But even Hawaii has its hot dogs. Read More
Koloa Sugar Produces Sweet Memories

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Some of my favorite childhood memories include sitting at my grandpa’s feet with my brothers and cousins while the storyteller of our family shared tales of his own childhood. My grandfather’s stories of growing up in the country on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, always fascinated me. Sitting outside the Koloa Mill last week while Earl Smith and Stella Burgess talked about life on the sugar plantation, I felt like time had reeled back forty years, and I was sitting at my grandfather’s knee. Read More
Sweet Treats in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
You've probably noticed it in your community. Farmers markets are popping up everywhere. Boxes of produce from CSAs are appearing on the doorsteps of residential homes in your neigborhood. Instead of lemonade, kids are putting up roadside stands for fruits and vegetables with a box and a slot for your coins and bills. It's the same in Hawaii. Read More
A Weekend On Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Saturday night found us at the Kapaa Jodo Mission for their annual bon dance festival. We ate “pronto pups” (you may know them as corn dogs) and “flying saucers” (a.k.a sloppy joe’s) and chili rice, the staple foods of these events happening most every weekend throughout the summer across the Hawaiians Islands. Read More
Hawaii Added to UNECSO World Heritage List

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaii Island
Article Source: Blog Post
Noting its significant natural and cultural values, this past summer, on July 30, 2010, UNESCO’s World Heritage Organization inscribed Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to its World Heritage List. The Monument, also known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, is a 140,000-square-mile-swath of ocean and islands running from Nihoa at the southern end to Kure Atoll at the north. In 2006, it was proclaimed a U.S. National Marine Monument by presidential order and is the largest marine protected area in the United States and nearly the world. Read More
Mt. Waialeale on Display

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post

As I turned right onto Rice Street, I looked up and saw Mt. Waialeale smack in front of my face, standing sentinel, protecting Lihue town. I’ve traveled this road hundreds of times over the years, why did the appearance of this great mountain—receiving an average of 460 inches of rain per year and touted as the wettest spot on earth by some—suddenly grab my attention? It's not like a cataclysmic event recently jettisoned the mountain to its approximately 5,148 feet.
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Top 10 Omiyage (Gifts) from Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Omiyage. The practice of gift-giving is an art in Japan. Those roots sprouted easily in the welcoming soil of Hawaiian culture when Japanese immigrants arrived. I've learned not to go anywhere with empty hands. Thankfully, these Hawaiian Islands offer a never-ending supply of gifts unique to Hawaii. Read More