Archive for September, 2005

Hawai’i Geckos

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

The place we stayed at on Maui last June was a spacious house with at least 4 bedrooms. It was located a mile or so inland from the beach, up a hill with a terrific view of West Maui and beautiful sunsets from the deck. The deck was also home to many of [...]

Spring

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Haleakala crater

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

After watching the sunrise from the summit of Haleakala, we took a short hike on the Sliding Sands trail into Haleakala’s crater, which extends east of the summit. This view shows only a small portion of the part near the summit; there are many more miles of crater and trails off to the [...]

West Maui from Haleakala

Saturday, September 10th, 2005

The island of Maui is made up of two volcanic mountains separated by a central plain. This is a view of the central plain and western mountain (usually referred to as West Maui) from the higher eastern mountain (Haleakala) at sunrise. The island of Lanai is behind and to the left of West [...]

Sunrise from Haleakala

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

One could only follow up last week’s RATPOW with a shot of the sun already risen over the clouds. I was busy with my dad’s videocamera, and didn’t get a shot of the moment the sun peeked above the clouds. This view faces east, of course, and the ridge of mountains on the [...]