Having a photographer in the family is only useful if he or she actually takes pictures of the family... this is me trying to be useful.
We went up to Polihale State Park on the west side of Kauai for a nice little Saturday on the beach. It's a bit of a rough drive out there, but it is definitely worth it. The end of Polihale Beach is the end of the road on the west side, as it is halted abruptly by the towering cliffs of the Napali Coast. It is one of a few locations in the world that I have seen that really feel like "the edge of the earth." Absolutely beautiful, and as far as sunset shoots go, it doesn't get better than this place!