Wailua Falls (again)

 This is one of those repeats I warned might occur because we spend so much time on the small island of Kauai. 

Some of the common photo stops for tourists are the waterfalls which are fairly numerous. Kauai is mountainous and rains are common so it is possible to view small falls after any rain. The more permanent falls were what attract the photographers.

Last year was very dry and the falls were so wimpy I don't think I even generated a post about them (post from 2019). Just how dry was it? It was so dry that the gardeners started to break out the sprinklers and this is impressive when you understand that Kauai has areas that receive among the most rainfall on earth. I did take a few photos of the falls last year. This is Wailua Falls.

This year has been different and has probably been as rainy as we have experienced since we began coming here. A recent rain dumped over 5 inches and this is enough to close some roads due to water over the road and mud and rock slides. You can get caught and unable to get back to where you came from under such situations so emergency alerts are common when heavy rains are expected or underway.

Here is what the result looked like the day after for the water coming over the same falls.

Impressive.