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	<title>A Kauai Blog</title>
	<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog</link>
	<description>Living and hiking on the island of Kauai</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wailua River Mouth</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/wailua-river-mouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Kauai Style</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of scooping, I saw and odd sight at Wailua beach last week and went home to get my camera. I parked between the two bridges and walked across the road next to the one-lane bridge:




Is that another courageous surfer trying to stop a super Caterpillar from invading Kauai? And just what exactly is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kipu Kai, Finally</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/kipu-kai-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/kipu-kai-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Kayaking</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/kipu-kai-finally/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kipu Kai is a large cove on the south-east coast of Kauai, between Lihue and Poipu. It has about 2 miles of shoreline, more than half of it sandy beach. This area is nearly cut off from land access by two ridges that go down to the ocean at right angles from Mount Haupu. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Pond Surprises</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/salt-pond-surprises/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/salt-pond-surprises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/salt-pond-surprises/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally got out of the house last weekend for two nights of camping. This being almost winter already, we chose Salt Pond Beach Park near Hanapepe to be on the warm west side, and it didn't disappoint. We arrived Friday evening, and put up the tent just before sunset.

We didn't plan on doing much, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Glass Beach</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-other-glass-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-other-glass-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-other-glass-beach/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: now with pictures!

Today, I want to have a little fun with my readers&mdash;I hope it is fun for you, too.

I was reading a thread about the Glass Beach at Port Allen on Trip Advisor where they cover pretty much all the details: dirt road access past industrial area, old dump site by the coast, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Kalalau Questions</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Hiking</category>
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Waterfalls</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First a couple of announcements:


	We've had a week of off-and-on heavy rain showers, and the newspaper reported today that the State Parks have stopped issuing the remaining permits for Hanakapiai and Kalalau campgrounds. The trail itself is not officially closed, though it is sure to be muddy, so existing permit holders may come and go. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camping on Kauai</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/camping-on-kauai/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/camping-on-kauai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Tourism</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/camping-on-kauai/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated: I have made some changes and additions in the last paragraphs.

Ever since I suggested that people send me questions, I've been getting some great topics for new blog posts. Ariane writes:

loved your blog - very helpful and interesting, better than any book info i've seen so far

Thanks for the encouraging words. I've often thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snorkeling Photos</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/snorkeling-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/snorkeling-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Fauna</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/snorkeling-photos/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't know whether I'm more excited to have an underwater digital camera or to show you the photos I took with it. I'll start with the photos here and present the camera in another post.

Yesterday, we went snorkeling at Beach House beach, the tiny beach in Poipu that has the best snorkeling on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the End of Kealia</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/at-the-end-of-kealia/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/at-the-end-of-kealia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/at-the-end-of-kealia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kealia is a long beach just north of Kapaa on Kauai's east side. The Kapaa stream begins in the Makaleha mountains and reaches the ocean here. The bay is fairly large and has good swells for surfing. At the far north end of the beach is a rocky point that shelters a calm and usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainbow Wrasse</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/rainbow-wrasse/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/rainbow-wrasse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Fauna</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/rainbow-wrasse/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the hiatius, I've been very busy with my day job.

I was even working over the weekend, but we still had time to go snorkeling down in Poipu. We went to Beach House beach where there are always so many fish to see. There are two things I like there: the Beach House restaurant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discoverer&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/discoverers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/discoverers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>History</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/discoverers-day/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here in Hawaii, the US holiday of Columbus Day (the second Monday of October) is called Discoverer's Day, to commemorate the landfalls of many peoples in Hawaii. After many waves of Polynesian migration, the British Captain James Cook was the first recorded westerner to sight the islands and land here (the actual date was January [...]]]></description>
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