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Kauai Recreation:HULEIA STREAM KAYAKING - The drill for Kauai's newest guided adventure tour is simple... SUNSHINE MARKETS - The Garden Isle didn't get its moniker just because it's green... FOSSIL DUNES - Reg Gage knows the sandy shores and rocky headlands east of Keoniloa Bay in Poipu the way the Leakeys know Olduvai Gorge. CAFFEINE CONNECTION - If you find a dark roast more alluring than a dark suntan, swing by the new Kauai Coffee Company Visitor Center... HANAPEPE ARTISTS NIGHT - Time and State 50 have both passed by the wood false-fronts of plantation-era Hanapepe... SAFE FAMILY SWIM - When big surf and tricky currents hit north and east shore beaches, even local families head for the south shore... KOKEE STATE PARK HIKING - Cool, often drizzly Kokee State Park above Waimea Canyon offers some of Kauai's most dramatic and varied rain-forest recreational hiking... ANCIENT GARDENS - Terraced into a steep, lush, mountain-rimmed valley, Limahuli Garden is serenely spectacular... RIDING THE RANGE PRINCEVILLE RANCH STABLES - The waterfall picnic ride from Princeville Ranch Stables isn't your typical trail riding event... BIKING THE COAST - Running above a reefy stretch of coast pocketed with tiny beaches, Kealia Trail in Kapaa is an easy family mountain-bike ride, away from highways... Kauai: Going NaturalThe oldest of Hawaii's major islands – geologically, that is – is also the least developed. "Things just happen more slowly here," says north shore taro farmer Rodney Haraguchi, who is carefully restoring his family's historic rice mill. "We want to do it right." Perhaps that's why big chunks of Kauai are still cloaked in forest and protected in parks, why farming is still viable as a way of life, and why even resort sidewalks tend to roll up early. Who has energy for nightlife when there's so much hiking, biking, kayaking, snorkeling, and exploring to fill each day? – Jeff Phillips
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