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Soaring with the Birds and Swimming with the Chickens

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One of the best ways to experience the full scope of Kauai's beauty is by helicopter.  As we were planning this trip, we looked at a bunch of tour companies and decided upon Blue Hawaiian Helicopters .  It turned out to be a pretty popular choice, so we needed to boot our tour from the first day on Kauai to the second.  That's always a risk because Hawaiian weather can be a bit changeable, so we elected the first tour of the day just in case we needed to rebook for later.  Ah, logistics! Anyway ... we needn't have worried: look at that blue sky! Blue Hawaiian runs about five helicopters for each tour time, and while we waited, it was fascinating to watch them all zoom back out and in along the same path, perfectly in line as if connected by an invisible thread, and then float softly back to earth.  When it was our turn, we ducked our heads (for no real reason other than that's what people do on tv) and hustled to our helicopter, through the remarkable nois