It was a good one, no lie.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Return to Glass Beach
We had to hit Glass Beach again today so Doris could go nuts. As I think I mentioned before, this was the old dump for this part of (or the entire) island. Clearly, it'/s still not the resort district. Here's a shot taken, standing on still-intact landfill. There are layers and layers of detritus beneath me as I shoot this, and little by little, it falls into the sea and everything gets tumbled and smoothed.
This is an eroded area just east of the glass portion of the coastline. Lotsa metal, here. Don't swim right here, bud!
OK, check THIS out. I think right on the landfill proper sits this way old cemetery. It's all Japanese graves in this section, which is about two acres, and completely unkempt. As you go further East, therte are some newer graves, with some Hawaiian names and some seemingly Hispanic ones, as well. Slightly more well cared-for in this section.
Obligatory Wailua Falls Picture..
We were the epitome of "tourist" today - we took Doris and Shay to see all the standard must-see fare. Opaekaa Falls, Wailua Falls, the open-air markets, etc.
Wednesday sunset - Hanalei bay again; sorry.
So as I mentioned in my previous post, we've been sticking to the North shore a lot this trip. That means lots of Hanalei Bay. It's super sweet up here, but I do owe you some shots of, well, -something- else once in a while. I posted the Barking Sands sunset (I have other pics from out there I may post later as well) and I have a sunset from the cliffs at Princeville (steps away from our door), but I haven't posted that one yet.
Doris and Shay arrived this afternoon and were there, splashing around in the bay with Deena as I stalked the area for photo opportunities, so they got to see this one with us.
Stoic fishermen (and fisherwomen, and boys, and girls)
Whole buncha people out on the Hanalei pier tonight, fishing for these little tiny fish - takes about a hundred of them to amount to anything. "Like french fries," one fisherman told me. The boy in the foreground was no less serious than his Dad at his side.
We normally venture around the island more than we have this trip, thus far, although we did make it around the island twice out of the past seven days - just not too many pictures of those trips. More South shore coming. Meantime, we see a lot of Hanalei, which is cool by me. We'll get back up to Tunnels probably tomorrow, and I want to get some pics of Bali Hai of of Ke'e beach while we're up there. We did tunnels one other day (way low for us, as it's absolutely my favorite spot on Earth, of all spots I've set foot on), but I didn't bring my camera. Just wanted to chill, not have to worry about taking pics or about leaving the camera in the car.
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