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また来てね。See you again soon. A hui hou!
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Summer Sunsets
Summer sunsets on Oahu, Hawaii crowd my memories even though ski adventures of today fill my spare time (little of what I have, and thus no special photo updates of late).
With January almost out of the way here this year, how is your 2010 coming along? Whatever you do - make it the best day today for you and your family.
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Pacific Blue
Today the family had a nice hike up Diamond Head to enjoy the views of the Hawaiian Pacific blue.
The hike this time around was with the kids, and we made it in about 30 minutes - only 10 minutes longer than what it took just us adults last year. I highly recommend this hike for anyone who visits Oahu. Start early!
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Sunset Waves
I just can’t win. During Winter I dream of Hawaii, and when I’m in Hawaii, I’m dreaming of snow. Well, all I know is that I don’t want to leave these Sunset Waves behind. On a beautiful afternoon at Sunset Beach on Oahu’s North Shore, surfers are carving it up, and I’m enjoying the time with the family playing in the water. I think I got it - I have the best of both worlds!
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Keeping It Green
Turtle/Laniakea Beach is famous for having sea turtles visit during the warm hours of the day to dry themselves out, get some sun and rest up a bit. To tell you the truth, it’s not the place to snorkel and see these beautiful creatures in the water, as the waves are usually rough, the current strong, or the visibility is poor in comparison to Shark’s Cove, just down the road. But it’s possible.
On this particular day, there were three turtles on the beach sunning, and one in the breakers looking for a boyfriend before her 500 mile trip back to the French Frigate Shoals where she’ll lay some eggs if she finds a male before then.
I couldn’t decide which crop I liked best, so here goes another one on Flickr (see below).
Have a great week!
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Paradise
Whether it’s jumping off waterfalls, snorkeling, surfing, hiking, or relaxing in the sun or shade, we’re in paradise.
Another view from the height of Oahu’s Diamond Head Crater of Waikiki and Honolulu on a bright and beautiful day.
Today we swam with turtles at Shark’s Cove on the North Shore - what an amazing time that was!EXIF:
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Haleiwa Sunset
Looking over Haleiwa Bay we went out as a family to watch the sun go down. Our trip is coming to an end, but not before we go surfing and eat more shave ice!
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Turtle Blue
Snorkeling at the North Shore’s Shark’s Cove was one of the highlights of our trip. We’d be there for a few hours each day swimming around with turtles, seeing Hawaiian Monk seals, and enjoying all of the other sea life. It was magical!
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Where’s the Seal?
A big surprise to us this trip was seeing a special species of wildlife close up on the beach of our favorite snorkeling spot.
The Hawaiian Monk Seal is on the "critically endangered species" list, as since 2008 it’s believed that there are only 1200 of this particular kind of seal left around the Hawaiian waters. This seal is indigenous to Hawaii and in 2008, was declared Hawaii’s State Mammal.
This female was about 7 feet long, and must have weighed somewhere between 4-500 pounds. She would dig in the sand with her nose, rest, she burped once (which smelled like 1000 foul breaths) and as pictured was rolling over onto her side, covering her eyes for some reason. She let everyone know when someone got too close - she definitely liked her space.
Not too soon after this photo, the Monk Seal fashion police showed up and got everyone much farther away from her. Isn’t she cute!?
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Maunawili Falls
Besides watching the turtles, seals, playing at the beach surfing, snorkeling, collecting shells, heading into town to eat shave ice, or having fun on the North Shore doing all of the other things available, we love to hike.
Maunawili Falls is about 25 minutes from Honolulu up Pali Hwy, and a gem of a hike for the whole family. After going through about 45 minutes of following a trail that crosses a stream a few times, takes you over boulders and through the ups and downs of a dirt trail, you’re presented with a beautiful waterfall which is a blast to jump off of into a deep pool. Even the kids got into it!
It happens to also be the waterfall featured in Jason Mraz’s, "I’m Yours" video. Check it out on YouTube from 1:49.
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Fiery Sunset
Nearing the end of our trip, we had dinner with some new friends at Shark’s Cove Grill which sits across the street from Shark’s Cove and Pupukea Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu. As I was eating my wonderful skewers I looked up, dropped my food, excused myself from the table and headed across Kamehameha Hwy with my camera. Mother nature was putting on a show that night.
Although I love the natural rays and palm trees, this shot was tough to process because of camera shake from shooting hand held (after running) and the blue cast in the left of the frame almost made me toss it completely. Anyhow - here it is. I hope you like it!
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Just Keep Swimming
One of the most memorable swims I had at Shark’s Cove was with a juvenile sea turtle, who while fighting the waves and current, would eat mossy seaweed attached to large lava rocks.
After one particular wave came crashing in, both myself and the turtle would swim against the surge, and in the particular photo I caught it just right with the bubbles of the wave and light from above. It looks to me as if the turtle is about to hit warp speed!
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Last Sunset
Well, not “the” last sunset, but close to one of the last that I took while staying on the North Shore. Being a visitor for a short time on the North Shore, the environment is idyllic, and I can’t imagine it any other way. I’m sure it gets a lot busier in terms of traffic, than what we have experienced. But when your surfing, laying out in the sun, snorkeling, or eating good food in paradise - It’s All Good!
Which reminds me - Check out Jack Johnson’s, “You and Your Heart” when you get a chance.
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Swimming Along
Snorkeling with the D300 in a simple bag was bit of a scary experience, but I really like how some of the photos came out as opposed to the Canon P&S. This is one of them - with the little ocean bokeh bubbles in the background of some happy fish swimming along.
Sorry for the lack of updates! Back to the real world, and I’ve been tied down at work.EXIF:
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Lunch Time
A juvenile sea turtle hunts for green mossy seaweed to eat during lunch time on the North Shore of Oahu in Shark’s Cove.
Snorkeling is such a blast. On this day, the waves were quite rough, and tossed this sea turtle back and forth 20-30 feet with each surge. I’d lose it for 30-40 seconds sometimes.
Hope you’re having a wonderful summer!
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