I spent the weekend on the island of Kauai and am always struck by how lovely it is there. I spent time over several summer as a child in Hanalei. When I first started going Princeville hadn’t been opened, there was a commune at the end of the road and you could spend all day on the beach without seeing another soul.
I wasn’t there for vacationing though, I had two days of meetings to attend so I was pretty busy. Still I did a bit of looking around and what struck me is how few bicycles I saw. I didn’t see any roadies. The only bikes I saw were neighborhood MTBs in various states of disrepair. I also noted that while the shoulders on the main road are signed as a bicycle route they look awfully narrow from the vantage point of my rental car. That doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t safe and from experience I know they’d look a lot wider from the saddle, but still…
There are some planned routes and some open routes though. I found this out through the Kauai Path site. They are actively creating bike routes and I’m hopeful that soon it will be great bike destination. I was on the east shore and this is the map I found on the site for the area:

Maybe next time I get to Kauai I’ll bring my Friday!
Aloha