Photos 3, page 21
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Trip to Oceanview
| April 7, 2007 |
| I had to drive across the island to inspect a cesspool installation in the Kula Kai View Estates. On the way and back, I took the opportunity to do a little exploring and sight-seeing. CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE |
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| On the way home, I came to a sharp right curve in the road. There was a side road that went straight, going steeply up the side of a hill. So I took it (red line). |
| Today Robin and I took her son, Leber, out to look at the land in Halepuaa. We followed the same path that Robin, Cathy, and I had followed on 3/29. This time we wanted to get a sense of how much coastline was included with the property. I marked "PL" with my GPS where I estimated the property line was, then hiked until the GPS told me we had covered 2000 feet, approximately the distance given on the plot plan. After I got home, I noticed that the length of the coast on the property is something over 2100 feet, which would have been about right. |
| I had read in a guide book that there was a vantage point from which you could see the Pu'u O'o vent so on the way over I stopped off at the place marked "Pix" and took these shots. Pu'u O'o is where all the lava is coming from these days, running down the other side and into the ocean. I'm planning hike out to the vent one of these days. |
| On the way home, this is a view of Na'alehu from the top of the hill where the road went up. |
| And this is the view from the "Scenic Overlook" above Whittington Beach Park. The smoke you see coming from the ridge is from the Pu'u O'o vent. |
Another Halepuaa Hike
| April 8, 2007 |
| Leber & Robin at the beach |
| No, it's not albino. It's dead and got bleached by the sun. |
| The shore we walked along. Not eactly a walk in the park! |
| Leber contemplating. His mom loved these shots... She uses them as wallpaper on her computer |
| Back at our "beach". |
| Download all these pictures then play back in a slide show with the delay set at about a half a second... |
| Here is an overlay of all our explorations of the property to date. |
Finish Path @ Halepuaa
| April 11, 2007 |
| When Robin and I had gone out on April 1 (red line and waypoints), I had forgotten to turn on my GPS tracking until we were already on the path. Today I decided and fill out the blank space on the map. We'd had a lot of trouble finding the trail, marked by faded surveyor's tape so I thought I'd do a little more exploring to see if I couldn't located the path better. I ended up reaching dead-ends where I couldn't find the trail ahead ("???" and "Last Flag"). I got a late start, after 4:00 PM, so I only had so much daylight to work with. At 5:40, it was starting to get dark in the woods so I turned back at "Last Flag 2". |
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