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Photos 8 -
Na'ulu Trail (aborted)
| August 7, 2012 |
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| The idea was to hike up the Na'ulu Trail to the Napau Crater Trail at Makaopuhi Crater and, if the weather held out, go out to Napau Crater. I'd love to explore out there, but it's so far to get to and the weather often isn't favorable. Anyway, it was a nice day and it would be good to get out... |
| 10:15 AM Pu'u Huluhulu & Mauna Ulu |
| 10:24 AM approaching "Park" This is my stop. The sign says, "Kealakomo" |
| 10:25 AM @ "Park" You can see all the way to South Point from here... |
| 10:25 AM @ "Park" Looking left, that's rain, blowing in from the left (east)... |
| 10:35 AM @ "Park" Looking north, where I'm headed, the |
| 10:35 AM @ "Park" But looking east doesn't look so good... |
| 10:45 AM @ "Park" You can see that rain moving out over the ocean, left to right... |
| 10:45 AM @ "Park" And behind that, looking east... I don't know... |
| 10:45 AM @ "Park" North of that, northeast... |
| 10:49 AM @ "Park" Starting out, heading north... |
| 11:36 AM @ *266 There's that piece of road... |
| 11:48 AM @ *271 |
| Looking west... |
| Looking east, 15 mph winds in my face with rain sprinkles |
| Looking southeast... |
| Hiking up, I started to encounter the occasional sprinkle ("SPR"). By the time I got to the old piece of road, the sprinkles were growing more frequent. I was headed north, but the higher on the mountain I got, the clouds and rain started encroaching from the east. I was basically hiking into the weather. I'd played this song before, so I turned around and headed back. |
| 12:15 PM @ "Park" |
| Southeast |
| Northwest |
| Southwest Still looks good... |
| So that was it. I guess I'm just a wuss but I've been out on that mountain before soaking wet and cold with miles to go and I didn't want to do it again! The rain accompanied me home... |
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau
| August 13, 2012 |
| Robin and I decided we needed some beach time. So we drove the 82 miles to Robin's favorite spot at Honaunau to bask in the tide pools. |
| 12:42 AM Just a look around at Honaunau from... |
| Here! |
| From my ongoing theme, "Hawaii Between the Toes" I achieved the perfect "float"... You've got to lay back and completely relax! Easier said than done... Takes practice... |
| It's really hard getting Robin out of there... Just kidding, we got out and ate lunch and then got back in again! |