Fish Out of Water

Musings about life & travel from an East Coast native living on the Left Coast in the CA State Capitol since 2004 and now also spending time at a home-away-from-home in Evanston, IL. This fish has lived in Madison, WI (7 years); Portland, OR (2 years); Las Vegas, NV (7 months); Middlebury, VT (3 summers); Marne-la-Vallee, a small town east of Paris, France (6 months); Middletown, CT (3 years); & Marshfield, MA, the fish's coastal hometown 40 miles south of Boston (17 years).

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Location: Sacramento, California, United States

4.07.2013

Big Island of Hawai'i (my 40th birthday)

Just a few highlights from our recent trip to the Big Island of Hawai'i:

Kohala Zipline Tour

Pololu Valley Beach & Cliffs

Inside a Lava Tube
(pitch black when there's no camera flash!)

Sulfur Fields at Volcanoes National Park

Sea Arches on Southwest Coast
(steam in upper right is live lava flow from Kilauea Volcano)

Flaming Caldera in Volcanoes National Park

Sunset on the Summit of Mauna Kea
(yes, it really is THAT cold in Hawai'i)

Saltwater Pool on Public Access Shoreline
(off Ali'i Drive in Kona)

Honu (green sea turtle)

Panalu'u Beach State Park
(from parkas to tank tops in the span of 24 hours...)

"Postcard" View from South Point
(southernmost point in US)

Taking a Conference Call from the Hilton Balcony on Waikiki Beach
(during our unexpected "extra" night in Honolulu)

1 Comments:

Anonymous Fellow fish said...

What a great birthday trip! And a bonus day on Waikiki, to boot! What a great gift!! Did you make it back to Alan Wong's for dinner? Mmmmm coconut sorbet, great memories of our trip together!

10:51 PM  

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