Again we woke up too early because we are on Tennessee time, but today we were able to get back to sleep. After breakfast we visited the Kauai Museum in Lihue. It had displays of pre-contact ancient Hawaii, King Kamehameha’s conquest of the island chain, surfing and World War II. I learned that Japanese-Americans had been interned on Kauai as well as on the mainland during the war. I was struck by a propaganda poster featuring Asian people with the demand that they speak English, the language of America. Not a lot has changed since then, except for the targeted race of people. Since we were in the area, we stopped in at Hilo Hattie, a Hawaiian store that is a cultural icon. I considered getting a pretty purple muumuu that was 40% off, but even with a discount, I couldn’t bring myself to spend $75 on something I would wear once or twice ever. We will try some other shops later, because the price from Hilo Hattie is mostly for the brand name.  It was getting to be lunch time, so we stopped and got Subway sandwiches near Hanapepe. I searched for a picnic area nearby and came up with Salt Pond Park. We ate our sandwiches under a pavilion next to the ocean and enjoyed the cool sea breeze. Once again, chickens joined us. The park seemed fairly popular with families, no doubt because of the protected pool of calm sea water. I figure the chickens are so tame because they come in contact with people so much. After lunch, we drove further west to Weimea Canyon State Park, where the star attraction is said to be the Grand Canyon of Hawaii. Unfortunately, the further up into the mountains we went, the rainier it got. The view of the canyon was almost completely obscured by clouds. Nevertheless, we drove further into the park, hoping some of the other overlooks wouldn’t disappoint. At first it was discouraging to see one cloudy view after another, but then, suddenly, the sun came out to give us some of the most beautiful views I’ve ever seen. When it started to get close to sunset, we left the park, and I asked Jeff if we could go to any nearby beach to watch the sun go down. Weimea Pier was the closest place, so we wandered around there taking macro photos of flowers and waiting for the colors in the sky to be just right. It turned out to be a beautiful place to witness sunset. On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at KFC. We had seen so many chickens today that I felt like eating one. We ate in our hotel room and cut up a fresh pineapple for dessert. Tomorrow we leave Lihue and drive up the east coast toward Princeville, where we will spend our last night on Kauai.