Gorgeous pics Beach Bum...thank you. More pics anytime please!
Yesterday I saw the sun rise over Rabbit Island.And the sun set from the top of Makapuu overlooking Rabbit Island. I love this place.
Have you ever hiked to the lighthouse at Makapuu. I used to almost every weekend. I went around once on the cliffs and almost got stuck and my friends were going to call the Coast Guard to come get me. I was way out there on a very small ledge. Plus we got inside the lighthouse. Check the sign in book. I think I signed it Mickey Mouse. but can't remember. I love that place too. But I love Vegas too and will be coming back in July for a couple weeks. I will be staying at my ex's out in Portlock so we can get together to have lunch.
The second picture is from the lighthouse at Makapuu. Actually it's from the lookout point above the lighthouse. I've been there countless times. It's my favorite spot on the island. Took my mom up there on Saturday. It's awesome. Staying at Portlock with the high mucky mucks? Send me an e-mail when you get here and I'll take you to lunch.
The road going around the backside through Alan Davies have you ever hiked down to the tide pools. Remember the begining of movies they had the very hawaiian theme song and intro for Consolidated. They were down by those tide pools. They are really great. Some of them are 10'+ in depth and 50 years long. When a big wave comes in it flood the pool. Plus there is a really good blowhole down there. great hike just to get down there. Not sure what they call them.
Never been down to the tide pools. I'll have to check them out.
They are really fun. Just go over the little short wall and you'll see a kind of winding trail. Kind of steep but it is worth it.
Will do. Thanks mang.
Mark, have you done the hike to Kalaupapa on Molokai (the leper colony) That is the hardest hike ever. i've done that 5 or 6 times. This pic is of one of the nurses at the colony. That trail is 1300 years old and is windy as heck.
Cool pics. Never done. I've been wanting to do it since I read Father Damien's biography "Holy Man." The only place I've been on Molokai is the now closed Molokai Ranch. I'm going to try it one day.
The only place I've been on Molokai is the now closed Molokai Ranch.
I've been there! Awesome scenery. I missed doing the hike, but recall having my picture taken sitting on the phallic rock! They closed it? I had the best vacation ever at that ranch and was hoping to go back someday
Hike down don't take the mules. It is really quite an experience and absolutely the prettiest place in earth. When I was there there was still 53 people living there I think they were paying the government $1 a year for there land lease. the church that Father Damien built was very surreal. Some of the stories the guy tells are just horrible. It was funny because he knew exactly who I was as did just about everyone else there. Back then I had a few commercials playing at the same time and mostly during UH games. They always go to the local bar to watch the UH games together. Gotta go you will love it. Bring a camera and video camera. The hike is stunning.
Yep. Closed. http://starbulletin.com/2008/03/25/news/story01.htmlHad a great time there too. One of the best naps of my life was in mid-afternoon in a "tentalope." Almost got attacked by cow. Did the rodeo roundup. Kayaked. Hiked. Mountain biked. Ate a lot. Did you stay in the lodge or down by the ocean?
Need you ask? The Lodge of course. Went horseback riding everyday. Best vacation ever.
I was going to take the mule. Do you have to hike back up the hill?
No you ride the mule back up to. I remember the first time I hiked down it was so hard I offered anyone $100 to have their mule. No one offered.
lol. What makes the downhill hike so hard?
Cause it isn't all downhill. It goes up and down in some places plus the trail is almost all small rocks so you have to watch every step. The hike up is 1000 times harder but even going down it is hard. I have video somewhere of it. I had to take it so I could show people but I don't know where it is at.
Ah so. Nothing like Makapuu, which is paved all the way up.
no way it is 1200 years old. In some places it is not more than just a couple feet wide straight down. They stopped doing the mules for awhile because of safety but I think they restarted it. You can also fly in. The guy I am with was the head guide there. You meet at a small area where they had cattle and he picks you up in 1960's school bus. Have you hiked to the Lighthouse (Makapuu) from the other side near that little parking lot overlooking the Makapuu as you go left around the mountain down to Sea Life Park. That is cool too. There is a couple old WWII pill boxes up there you can go in.
