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Photos 8 -
Photos 8 -
Boating
| June 10, 2012 |
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| Another boating expedition. This time, Ray wanted to go north. So we trailered the boat 60 miles from Ray's house in Captain Cook all the way up the coast to Kawaihae, the absolute driest place on the island, by the way. |
| Trade winds are from the northeast. Notice how green it is on the right and how brown it is on the left where we are. That's a ridge (the old Kohala volcano) that runs out to the point. All the rain drops on the windward side of the hill... We started out from Kawaihae (green line), following the 300-foot depth contour trolling for Ono. After awhile, we got hungry and headed in to the coast to find a nice spot for lunch... |
| 7:10 AM @ Ray's Ready to go... |
| 9:11 AM @ Kawaihae Really ready to go... |
| 9:57 AM @ *204 (on the green line) We'll have to check out those beaches on the way back, closer to the coast... |
| 10:04 AM @ *218 (on the green line) More little beaches... |
| 10:06 AM @ *223 These people have moved in... |
| 10:22 AM *227 That's a major road coming down... |
| 10:30 AM @ *229 |
| 11:21 AM @ "Lunch" Ray & Ellen swimming |
| 12:35 PM @ *238 Check this out... More later... |
| 1:02 PM @ *242 We've turned back. Land is on the left Half of the crew... |
| As we started to get up around the northern tip of the island, we were starting to get hit by the strong northeast trade winds wrapping around the point. As the wind increased, so did the roughness of the ocean. After getting sprayed in the face a few times by waves splashing over the bow, we decided to turn back... |
| 1:20 PM @ *245 We're approaching where that incredible wall was. It's right below that cut.. Notice the structure in the background. I labelled that "Shell" |
| This is Mahukona Harbor We're at around *238. We're going to stop for a quick swim at *256. |
| This is a close-up of the southerly portion of the previous view. There's a pier there at the "Railroad Station" |
| This is the northerly portion. I will definitely be going over in the Jeep and checking things out further... |
| 1:22 PM near *238 That's quite a construction. We think for the railroad... |
| There seem to be standing stones on top... |
| 1:25 PM @ *256 We're pulling in here for a swim. That's the "Shell" up on the right... |
| 1:38 PM Looking back at the notched hill... |
| See the mountain in the background? That's Maui. Haleakela is 10,023 feet high and is 40 miles away |
| 2:15 @ 012 |
| Lapakahi State Historical Park Partially restored ancient Hawaiian fishing village, over 600 years old. |
| 2:30 PM between *295 and *300 |
| 2:37 PM @ *300 |
| 2:47 PM @ *315 |
| 2:53 PM @ *316 Look how dry it is! |
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| 3:02 PM @ *332 |
| 3:03 PM This looks like a good spot... |
| 3:16 PM @ *339 I was interested in those very low circular walls. They look barely knee-high... |
| 3:17 PM passing *339 |
| 3:20 PM @ *347 Getting back to civilization... |
| someday. This is a big difference from the south coast where we were looking at massive Mauna Loa lava flows. This is the oldest part of the island and Kohala mountain is only a mile high compared to Mauna Loa's 2.6 miles. Can't be eroded much here since it doesn't rain! By the way, trolling the whole way, we didn't catch any fish! Not only that, we didn't see any other sea life the entire trip! |