Lanai – RDZ Photography

Virtual Travel – Hawaii

Architecture, Art, Festival, History, Museum, Nature, Transportation, Water Features

Because of the uniqueness of Hawaii I have no state highway maps in my collection. For this trip we will use a National Geographic Map from 1976.

Having spent an amazing 3 weeks in the islands, there are plenty of photos of the highlights. As a result this is a very long posting full of photos.

Hawaii – The Big Island. Covering over 4000 square miles, it is slightly smaller than Connecticut.

Big Island HI Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historic Park

Big Island South Point

Southernmost point of any U.S. State – take that Key West

Green Sand Beach

Black Sand Beach

Volcano National Park

Kaimu Bay

McKenzie Park

Hilo – One huge banyan tree

Akaka Falls

Hilo (again)

Waipio Valley

Pololu Valley Overlook

Kapaau

Kona Cultural Festival

Off Kona

Maui

Views from the water

Lahania

More coastal Maui views

Iao Valley

Haleakala National Park

Kahekill Highway

Waimoku Falls

Hana

Kahului Hi Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center

Makai Glass Company

Dingking Surfboard Company

Molokai and Lanai

Lanai

It was once massive plantation, so the landscape has been altered to support the sugar crops.

Lanai cat sanctuary

Molokai

Drive to the far eastern end of the island

Halawa Valley

Native leader

Tallest seacliffs in the world – 3000′ high.

Oahu

Ka’ena Point

Makaha Valley

Honolulu, Waikiki Beach & Diamond Head

Waiahole Preserve & Kaneohe

North Shore Oahu

Dole Pineapple Plantation

Back in Waikiki

View from Diamond Head

Iolani Palace

Hawaii State Capitol

Aloha Tower in Honolulu Harbor

Makapu’u Overlook

One final night in Waikiki

Kauai

Waimea Canyon

Kalalau Lookout

Waimea Canyon

Polihale State Park and Beach

Waimea State Park Beach

Opeaka’a Falls

Rainbow Trees

Wailua Homesteads

One of the million wild chickens in Hawaii

Cocoa beans

A Milestone – Posting Number 1000

Architecture, Art, Festival, History, Museum, Nature, Sciences, Sports, Transportation, Water Features

This photography blog started out as a way to share some photos with friends, but after a number of years it has reached a milestone – posting number 1000!

To celebrate I give you my favorite 40 photos of all time. (I tried to make it less but could not)

Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Milwaukee sunrise

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Duluth, Minnesota thunderstorm

Yellowstone National Park – All Hail the Geyser Gods

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Mendocino County, California

Cambridge, Ohio lumberjack contest

Cincinnati Renaissance Festival

Loudonville, Ohio – Native American Pow Wow

Alaska Peninsula

Columbus – Krampus

Chicago

New York City subway art

Cincinnati – Rosie the Riveter Contest

Lanai, Hawaii – Cat Sanctuary

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Waimea Canyon Park, Kauai, Hawaii

Columbus – Krampus V2

Washington DC – Embassy Day

Houston – Lucky Land

Amarillo, Texas – Cadillac Ranch

Cleveland – Parade the Circle

Columbus Zoo

Montreal

Olivos, Argentina

San Antonio De Areco, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Casa Rosada

Bariloche, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Retiro Train Station

Buenos Aires – Recoleta Cemetery

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

La Leona, Argentina

El Calafate, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Palacio Barolo

Igauzu Falls, Argentina

Hawaii – November 2018 – Day 12 Part 2 Lanai Cat Sanctuary

History, Nature, Sciences

For most of this trip I stayed to one posting per day, but for this day I had an opportunity for some different photos worthy of their own posting.

Lanai has had for a long time a feral cat problem. When one of the local people complained to the government, they said ‘figure out a solution’. She did, and the Lanai Cat Sanctuary was born.

It currently houses over 600 cats! They raise money by having visitors come spend some bonding time with the cats. (Full disclosure – I am a dog person, but it was indeed a strange and unique experience).

Hawaii – November 2018 – Day 12 Lanai

History, Nature, Transportation

Day 12 had us spending time near and on the island of Lanai. It is currently mostly owned by a software billionaire, but 2% remain in the hands of the local people.

We were parked for the day in the Mauele Bay.

Before we started our day we had a private tour of the ships engine room with the engineer. For most people on a cruise in Hawaii this wouldn’t be high on the list, but it was for me – very cool.

Twin 700 HP diesel engines (only one seen in this photo).

It was a relaxing day for all.

All of the crew of the ship have multiple jobs, including the captain – here explaining to the kayakers how to push off the boat and get started.

Which they all successfully did!

I opted for the skiff tour of the local geology. Note the mist coming out of the hole at the bottom center. There are numerous blowholes around Hawaii, basically small caves that the water is forced into where it runs out of space and come blowing back out.

While one of the smaller ones we saw, it did creates rainbows.

Our tour continued along the cliffs where there was clear evidence of the volcanic activity and subsequent abrupt movements of the earth that sheared off with dramatic results.

The most famed geologic point was Sweetheart Rock. At one point there would’ve been a large arch here but that came down long ago.

As with many other locations like this, local lore has it that one person had forbidden love and threw themselves to their death, hence Sweetheart Rock.

A local seabird (not sure what kind) coming in for a landing. It took him/her 4 tries!

Eventually the kayakers returned.

And everyone went for a swim. Most went off the back of the boat, but some of the more daring jumped off the 2nd deck, including this elderly woman from Mississippi!

Our afternoon was spent at a cat sanctuary (enough on that for a separate post), and some time in Lanai City.

Lanai was a pineapple plantation before rich people bought the entire island. Our driver (Neal) had grown up on the island and worked the plantation before working in the motor pool.

He eventually started his own shuttle business and now has a fleet of 14 vans. Oh – he also plays music and showed us photos of him with Steven Tyler and Mick Fleetwood!