Our walk this morning took us north on the multiuse path along the beach. This segment of the path is much more scenic than the part that goes through town. I really love walking along the ocean shore and seeing the waves breaking on the breakwaters. We passed other walkers and many cyclists as we walked along. The main wildlife that we saw was the ever present Kauai chickens. The colorful roosters strut about and crow vigorously.
It's threatened to rain on us a few times, but only a few drops fell. We passed one group of people wading in the sea, evidently fishing for something. Each of them had a net in and a pole, but they seemed to point the poles downward toward the water. We couldn't tell what they were fishing for.
Along the way we read several panels about the history of Kapa'a and Kauai. Before foreigners reached the islands, the people had a system to manage resources to sustain the population. Later the economy depended on large-scale agriculture, especially pineapples.
After lunch we walked around historic downtown Kapa'a. One store specialized in items made from hemp. Several featured tourist junk. We stopped at one health food store and picked up a few items. After a bit we were really hot, and we decided to take the offer of happy hour margaritas (and some ice water) at a local cafe.
We stopped in at the local public library, hoping to use some public computers. It turns out that you have to get a library card if you are nonresident. A three-month card costs $10. The library has only seven public computers, so users are only allowed to reserve them for one hour a week. The library is closed on weekends, and all the computers were in use, so we took an application and went back to our car.
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