After two days of hiking we were pretty much set on having day 4 be a fairly easy day.
We started the day out at the Glass Beach. Essentially it is a beach littered with sea glass located in the middle of an industrial area in Ele'ele. The glass found on the beach evidently came from broken bottles and auto glass dumped by Swiss Cheese Shoreline on the western end of Kauai. It made for a great morning digging through the beach to find some sweet sea glass treasure to bring home:
After the beach we headed up to Koke'e State park area again to see the Kalalau look out. Since the previous day had been so foggy we didn't get a chance to see the breathtaking look out. It was certainly worth the second drive on the hair raising road for the opportunity of a glance at the Napali coast:
After the look out we did something I never would have imagined. We stopped at (gasp) a coffee plantation. Kauai coffee is pretty popular in the area (obviously) and since Brian's mom loves coffee we thought we stop for a quick tour and to pick her up some coffee directly from the source. Here is a picture of coffee beans still growing:
Fun lunch we tried another local favorite, 'plated lunches'. This one we got from Mark's Place, I've already eaten the salad but what remained was Katsu Chicken, Teriyaki Beef, Beef stew and rice. The container was loaded full of food and it was all delicious.
Then we went to spouting horn. This natural wonder occurs when water rushes under a lava shelf and bursts through a small opening at the surface each time spraying water into the air. In addition to the spraying water there is a low growling sound which occurs with the rushing water. 
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