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May-July, 2013 |
5/11/13 Protective Coloration |
May 13, 2013 |
May 21, 2013 |
July 27, 2013 |
Here is one of my buddies. He helps keep control of the bugs... |
This is the view from my front door, looking northeast down toward the road... |
Looking back at the house |
Just to the left of the previous photo, this is the unfinished greenhouse, used for storage and living space... |
Here are some views of my estate & mansion... |
Another shot of my front "door" |
Looking down the driveway |
Looking back toward the house |
Standing at the front gate to the estate, looking back at the house |
At the end of the drive, looking down the road out |
At the end of the drive, looking to the |
At the end of the drive, looking up the driveway toward the house |
There are orchids growing out of the ohi'a trees, which are endemic to Hawaii |
Pretty cool, huh? |
Here's a shot of the kitchen, looking southeast |
Closer shot, looking more southerly. The part with the vertical boards is pipe is the drain emptying into a hole in the ground... |
This is the bathhouse, containing toilet, shower, tub, and washer/dryer. In back of the main house (to the left) |
<-- bathhouse with the house behind... --> The kitchen |
Robin and I took a tour of HVNP, first stopping at Jagger Museum to check out Halema'uma'u Crater. The wind looks like it's coming from the southwest... Then we went around to the other side and look at it from there... |
Heading down Chain of Craters Road we came across a tour bus and people getting their first experience of the lava landscape. |
Further down the road, almost to the hairpin, we get a view of the ocean entry |
And then at the bottom of the road we can look down the coast and see the entry from there... |
Haven't been hiking much so I decided to take a shot at the Apua Point hike again because it's fairly flat. After 2.5 miles, I decided to turn around and head back. I just wasn't up to doing the complete 12 mile round trip. See photopage209 for the complete hike on 2/13/12. |
7:29 AM First a quick stop at Kilauea Iki just 'cause. Mauna Loa is clear as a bell in the background with Halema'uma'u steaming away in the mid-distance. |
8:48 AM @ *068 The beginning of the trail |
8:50 AM @ *069 Someone put pieces of white coral on top of the ahu (rock pile markers). Makes seeing them much easier... |
8:53 AM @ *071 The black lava you see is from the Mauna Ulu eruption 1969-1974 |
9:08 AM @ *076 |
That's the Hilina Pali --> 9:43 AM @ 087 People coming. They'd camped out at Keauhou, another 3+ miles past Apua Point. |