The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-19


the cxcursionists werc leaving Lihue
for waimca The following is resume
Of the doings Of the excursion from
that time on.
When II comes TO good roads" the
people Of Kauai have their inning. :,
They certainly make good on the
road from Lihue through Koioa, Me-
Bryde and Makaweli TO Waimea. The
road has been finely engineered, well
graded and macadsmized, and has a
crude oil and rock dust surface that
simply makes Il perfect country road
The country is beautifully green, fair
well settled and winds through sue
ssion OF quiches, verdure clad, and
Or hills, giving delightful vistas in
s.ery direction.
Raknilono PARK
visiting Kamaaina as well as to the ma
lahini,is Kulsuilono Park.
This park Is the private fad Of Wal.
ter McBryde, and would that more OF
our citizens had fads Of the same kind.
Kukuilono IL bill. several hundred
feet high, and covering perhaps a humid
red acres rising about the middle Of the
McBryde Plantation. ii
Mr.. MeBryde has laid out winding
roads and paths around and over the
hill; planted thousands Of trees Of
various kinds in groves, between which
are vistas Of well kept lawns and
beautifully arranged Towering trees,
shrubs and flowers. There are grass
matched rest houses with numerous
seata, making delightful little hooks for
picnic parties.
Fields Of Pineapple
Surrounding the base Of the hill are
fields Of pineapple as beautifully laid
out as a California orchard. ~
All of the excursionists motored from
Lihue TO Waimea, some taking in the
"Spouting Horn = at the beach at Ko-
loa, by the way.
NAT Waimea the Waimea Hotel under
the able management Of Dick Oliver
was the center Of attraction. The hotel
is located within two or three hundred
feet Of the beach, and besides the main
two story building which contains the
DINING room and Office, with rooms up
stairs, there is an adjacent annex with
cottages scattered about, some directly
facing on tho beach.
1t goes without saying that the Wal
mea Hotel WINS not designed TO accom-
modate 126 travellers at time; but II
goes further with saying that Mr.. OH.
yer and his assistants made an aston
ishinely good attempt at taking care
of every applicant with more than a
fair degree of success.
Excursionists Are Boosters
Every member Of the Kauai oxcur-
sion has come back boosting for the
Waimea Hotel and Dick oliver. The
combination can be recommended In the
highest of terms, both for the hearty
welcome and helpful spirit shown, and
| the most excellent bill Of fare furnished
under adverse circumstances
At Waimea the sun was shining, with
a smooth sea. There was no evidence
Of the Norther except GOODNESS In the
air, there being a complete calm with
the exception Of a light sea breeze. An
attempt was made to visit the Napali
District in spite Of the evidence of the
Norther blowing in that section.
About sixty Of the members Of the
Excursion re-embarked on tho Kinau
about noon, and started around the
Western point Of Kauai about fifteen
miles distant. They no sooner rounded
the point and hauled up ON q course
toward tho foot of the Napali pfecipi-
ees, however, thea the full force Of the
wind and northerly sea struck them,
Il and il was not long before the excur-
sionists came to the conclusion that
s'he is wise man when he knows he
has had enough
Steamer Turns About
n By unanimous consent therefore, the
steamer turned about and returned "a
j Waimea, only having seen a profile Of
the pals at distance.
II Meanwhile, those remaining on shore
had scattered in every direction. Some
Ieontented themselves with resting and
roaming about Waimea Villages; others
took autos to the Barking Sands thirte-
en- miles distant, which We're in capital
working order; others took autos up the
Olokele Canyon and some forty-two
Joined in the hike up the northern
ridge of the great Waimea Canyon on
a camping out expedition.
Tramp TO Waimea Canyon
Queen Emma, It is said, eamped with
200 followers at Pnukepele, on the edge
Of Waimea canyon, but since that date
no very large party had made this trip
until Saturday, when some forty of the
Haleakala mixers, Trail and Mountain
Club members and the exeursionists OF
/ the outdoor promotion committee went
afoot from Waimea-by-theAS Sea TO Erie
Knudsen's camp at Puukepele.
Mr.. Knudsen, at one Of the outdoor
| weekly luncheons, had offered his serv'
| ices as guide, and he so entrancingly
described the wonders Of the canyon
that ut Waimea Mr.. Knudsen lined uI
bis followers souie two score strong
then sent them on their way rejoicing
with the assurance that they could
make the hike in three hours and q
half. A guide accompanied the party
for two or three miles, and then an
bounced that all the mixers had TO dc
was TO follow the wagon tracks. But
the wagon, with 81 the luggage, wal
behind and did not arrive at the camp
until nine at night. Those who col
there irsS selected a splendid cam pins
place and built roaring Are under thu
trees, and whom the tents did arriy'
they were hung from outspreadinl
branches of the kOa trees around thu