Kit and I have traveled to hundreds of places including many tropical climates but never to Hawaii. Last week we spent on Kaua’i with Kit’s family. Kaua’i is roughly circular and 26 miles across with about 75,000 residents living around the edges. The center has mountains up to an altitude of 5,243 feet. The island has towering cliffs, dense green jungle, clear ocean crashing over black volcanic rocks, and pristine beaches.

Strangely, the place looked familiar to me. Then I learned that 59 major movies have been filmed entirely or in part on Kaua’i including: Jurassic Park, South Pacific, Pirates of the Caribbean, Raiders of the Last Ark, King Kong, Donovan’s Reef (a favorite of mine), Hook, and the TV shows Fantasy Island and Gilligan’s Island.

Pictured are Kit and I at a restaurant celebrating Kit’s sister’s birthday and me on the famous Kalalua Trail along the Na Pali Coast.

Drew