What I'm Doing In Kaua'i

For those of you who think that Kaua'i is a "holiday in the sun", think again. This is really work and lots of it! There are so many cool things planned that it's difficult to choose the one I'm looking forward to the most. Having attended a number of hotel or tourist luaus over the years, I'm interested in participating in an authentic meal.

Click on the image to the left to enlarge. No comments, please, on the snorkelling activity planned on day 3.

National Tropical Botanical Gardens

On Sunday I leave for Kaua'i to be part of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens Environmental Journalism Fellowship. It's amazing how many things I'm going to need for a week- the top of the list being mosquito repellant and after bite, for the bugs that didn't know they weren't supposed to dine on my blood. When my kids used to go away to camp they always worried that they weren't going to make friends. I used to tell them to be themselves, play nicely and share their goodies with the children in their cabin. Remembering my words of advice, my adult kids gave me the same instructions, but added in "Don't worry, Mom, at least you're not stuck there all summer like we were at camp."