Hawai'i Kauai Island Trip Day4 no.2

Swimming Pool

On the way back we stayed on the main trail. It was very obvious and straightforward. We were not sure why we missed the main trail. When we came back 0.5 mile away from the campground, we found the place we went to the wrong path. The wrong path looked clearer than the main one, so we made a sign.

Kalalau Beach in the evening

There were a lot of cats looming around at the campground. When we were having dinner, a baby cat approached us. She was a grey tabby, or American short hair. Tabby cats are my favorite. 

Ms.R gave her some beef jerkies and she really liked them. The tabby got on Ms.R's lap. I was jealous. So I gave her some tuna. She liked it and licked the tuna pack. Mr.R was drinking whiskey, so I put a few drops of whiskey on the tuna pack. The cat was as if saying, "No!" I forced her to lean her face onto the alcohol covered tuna, but she resisted. She disliked whiskey. She knows what to eat and what should not eat. 

Then I gave her pea snacks. She was not interested at all. Then I gave the cat caramel milk chocolate. She liked it. I put caramel on the pea snack and gave her but she refused it. She seemed to hate pea snacks. I didn't know chocolate is toxic to cats, but it was really tiny amount, so it turned out it was okay after I looked up the lethal dose.

The campground on Kalalau Beach was ultra great not only because being surrounded by pretty beach, falls and mountains, but also being surrounded by cute cats. 

休息と水泳を楽しんだ後はトレイルを通ってカララウビーチへと戻り始めた。なぜ昨日は迷ってしまったのか？！トレイルは非常に鮮明で迷うところなどないように見える。しかし！なぜ我々はトレイルから外れてしまったのかがわかるポイントがあった。それはキャンプ地からたった０．５マイル（０・８キロ）程度のところ。２つのトレイルのジャンクションでメインのトレイルよりなぜか間違ったトレイルの方が広く、かつ、より使われているように見える。今後、ハイカー達が間違えないようケレンを立ててサインを作った。これで間違えてコミュニティーガーデンに行く人もいなくなるだろう。。。。面白くないかもしれないが。。

夜。たくさんの猫がキャンプグランドのあちこちを歩いている！夜ご飯を食べていると赤ちゃん猫が我々に近づいて来た。MsRがビーフジャーキーをあげると子猫はすごく喜んでいる。私は少しツナをあげた。ツナに少しウィスキーをかけると。。子猫は”やだ！”という感じで食べない。枝豆スナックにも全く興味なし。しかしキャラメルミルクチョコレートは食べた。チョコレートは猫に良くないというのを知らなかったが、後で調べて見るとLD５０には程遠い量だったのでよかった。

そしてカララウビーチの夕焼け空を楽しんだ（２枚目の写真）。こんな綺麗なビーチと夕焼けを満喫できるとはなんて幸せなんだろうと思ったひと時だった。