Aloha Reader, and happy Aloha Friday!

A few weeks ago I asked for the one thing we shouldn't miss on Kauaʻi. You didn't hold back. I've read every reply, and tomorrow they're getting on the plane with me.

Here are a few favorites.

Vanessa, who I helped with early planning, took her multi-generation family to Kauaʻi and the Big Island in June. Her kids called it the best trip they've ever been on. Her list is pure kid joy. Musubi from The Musubi Truck. Shave ice from JoJo's, which they loved enough to try three different locations. Body surfing and boogie boarding at Kalapakī Beach. And Aloha Glo, an air-conditioned black light mini golf course in Līhuʻe, which might be the best rainy afternoon plan on the island. She says one hole has a pinball machine built right in.

Another reader kept it short and very specific. Breakfast at 1 Kitchen at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay, for the view and the lemon ricotta pancakes. And mountain tubing with Kauaʻi Backcountry Adventures, where you float on an inner tube through old sugar plantation ditches and tunnels. If that one's on your list too, it's open and taking bookings again after the storm.

Then there was a letter. A reader whose family roots run back to Kauaʻi's west side sent me pages of memories, and I've read it more than once. Her picks included poke from Fish Express in Līhuʻe, where she says to call your order in early because it sells out. And the Hanapēpē Swinging Bridge, where years ago a local uncle walked slowly behind her family, playing his ukulele and singing, so a nervous member of the group could make it back across one step at a time.

That's the kind of Kauaʻi moment I hope my son gets to have this week.

I'll let you know which of these we make it to. And if you didn't get a chance to reply, it's not too late. Hit reply and tell me yours.

Aloha,

Marcie