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Category: Photography
Looping the North Cascades – Into The Most Isolated
Leavenworth, WA To celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary we got a nice room for a couple nights in the Bavarian replica town of Leavenworth. When people were traveling on the rail in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s many were immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia. This area is know as the American Alps and…
Looping the North Cascades – Driving Into a Fiery Abyss
Normally, when I am looping it means I am on the golf course reading putts and looking for golf balls in the tall grass. Those days are now few and far between. This story is about my wife and I traveling around the mountain range in central Washington. My wife hadn’t left Hawaii since before…
Old West, New Mexico
My recent trip to New Mexico was a pleasant surprise. I have passed through the northern part on the Amtrak and definitely admired the beautiful landscapes. From this experience, I thought New Mexico was just an extension of Arizona. Boy was I wrong. New Mexico has long and wide rivers weaving around mountain ranges formed…
Maui Forest Birds
One of the famous sayings in the midwest is, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” Well, in comparison on Maui, if you don’t like the weather, just take a drive for twenty minutes. What’s great about here is you can go from sea level and sunny to 5,000 feet elevation and…
Ohia Lehua
The Ohia Lehua tree was officially named the Endemic State Tree of Hawaii recently. It is a beautiful flowering tree that is endemic on 6 of the Hawaiian Islands. For me, this flower represents so much more but it is a great gesture to celebrate the Ohia Lehua’s history and importance. When you see the…
Coastlines
What does every island have? That’s right, the title of this post, coastlines. Why are coastlines so important to an island culture? First, it’s access to one of your main sources of food. The coast is also where you can access travel via canoe or boat. The ability to see weather, waves and wildlife is…
Dark Skies
Haleakalā has so many special things about it. The fact that it is a 10,000 foot tall mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the first thing. The second amazing thing is that it is home to the Hawaiian Petrel. Also know as the Ua’u, know for it’s moaning noises sounding like, ‘eeww…
Magical Maui Tour
Help the youth learn about their ancestors and continue to practice navigation techniques.
Hana Daze
It has been almost two weeks since our recent staycation on the east side of Maui and the feeling still lingers. What remains is a memory of relaxation and peace. The jagged rocks along the Pi’ilani trail and the waves crashing are still a clear vision inside my head. When I close my eyes and…
Stargazing
I think it began when I was young and we used to take field trips to the planetarium. We would be mesmerized by the night sky that was inside an auditorium. Then a cartoon Superman or an alien would soar through the presentation and the class would giggle. This was the introduction to the universe…
