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September 20, 2008
PhotoHunt: Road
From our trip to Hawaii:
I took these from the lanai off our hotel room. Dave is walking on the King's Trail, which is kind of hard to see, being lava on lava, but once you get a sense of it, you can spot it pretty easily. I knew he was planning to walk it that morning, and when I realized I could see the trail from the lanai, I opted to hang out there and do some writing and drawing while waiting for him to show up. When he finally did, I snapped a couple of photos.
How did I know it was him? I recognized the bag. And his shirt. Besides, very few other people would consider a walk of several miles across lava an enjoyable vacation jaunt. At least, not the kind of people who are on vacation at Hawaiian beach resorts. In the entire time we were there, he is the only person I saw walking on the trail.
He's a bit hard to spot in this one, so I helped you out:
In both of the above photos, you can also see the highway. It's the main highway that circumnavigates the island, though for some reason, it's Highway 19 on one side and Highway 11 on the other side. You can also see Highway 19 in this image (which I did not take, I couldn't get that far off the ground). The highway is the yellow line. The purple line is Dave's walk that day, according to the GPS tracker he took with him. The long straight bit? That's his hike on the King's Trail.
If you follow the purple squiggly bits of his walk west, you see a large, white-roofed building. That's our hotel. Our room was on the longest, straightest bit, angled just so I could see the trail past the edge of the stubby wing that is SE of the longish bit. I tell you what, I could happily go back and spend another week or six there.
Posted by sally at September 20, 2008 08:57 AM
Comments
A very cool look at a part of the world I've never seen before. Had no idea you could hike on lava! Happy weekend, Annie
Posted by: Annie at September 20, 2008 09:51 AM
That looks like a very long, hard walk!
Posted by: Cats~Goats~Quotes at September 20, 2008 10:33 AM
I like the "Where's Waldo" hunt of finding Dave in the photos.
Also---I forgot to comment on the coral graffiti a few posts back. How odd----it DID look like some sort of writing.
Posted by: Laura at September 20, 2008 12:29 PM
Perfect one for today's theme... Happy weekend! Mine's up too hope you can drop by...
Posted by: Pretty Life Online at September 20, 2008 12:50 PM
So he likes walking then?! Great shots, and thanks for the arrow and the explanation.
Posted by: Dragonstar at September 20, 2008 02:37 PM
tt wld be an exciting and perhaps treacherous trail to walk along. But I'm all for it!
Posted by: saint2 at September 20, 2008 04:15 PM
wow I wouldn't have noticed Dave if you hadn't said! great photos!
thanks for visiting mine, have a great weekend :-)
Posted by: graham at September 20, 2008 06:24 PM
Great shots of the lava flow! Thanks for sharing. Mind isn't as awe-inspiring but both our contributions definitely fit the theme. Happy PH!
Posted by: Enigma at September 20, 2008 07:34 PM
Hiya! Oooo your pictures are awesome! I've always dreamed of going to Hawaii but I haven't gotten around to it! Thanks so much for sharing these pics and posting on my blog!
Cheers,
Lauren
Posted by: Lauren at September 20, 2008 09:55 PM
What a wonderful set of shots. He was hard to spot until you pointed him out! Happy weekend
Posted by: jams O'Donnell at September 20, 2008 11:37 PM
No way I'd want to spend very long in a lava field where I'm likely to sunburn, but I sure wouldn't mind a visit to Hawaii.
Posted by: Alice Audrey at September 21, 2008 09:59 PM
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