This is our room. It's on the 2nd floor with nice views out the deck and side windows.
This shows the third window higher up in our room.
This mango tree is directly out the double doors from our room.
This is just outside our window.
These palms are also just outside our window.
This tree is also just outside our window.
This is the view of our room from the deck, ours is at the end toward the center of the photo.
This is some of the foliage below the deck at ground level.
The Waiopae Tidepools Marine Life Conservation District is about two or three blocks from our door.
These homes are right on the Waiopae Tidepools.
The water in the pools is very clear, and many varieties of fish can be seen without even getting wet!
Looking back toward sunset over the Waiopae Tidepools.
Waiopae Tidepools again.
URL: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/mlcd/waiopae.htm
http://www.malamaopuna.org/pages/tidepools.html
Wai ‘Opae Tidepools at sunrise. I like the way this shows both rain and Sun together.
Another Wai ‘Opae Tidepools at sunrise. I like the surf splash silhouette against the sun.
Wai ‘Opae Tidepools at sunrise. Here's another URL about this place with a nice areal shot: http://www.malamaopuna.org/pages/tidepools.html
Wai ‘Opae Tidepools at sunrise.
Ducks along the road on my way home from the tidepools.
I've no clue what these are, but they are a few doors away, and very colorful.
Here's a view of the house we're at from the driveway. More pictures of the house are available at our host's blog site: http://www.geocities.com/kapohocat/
Here's the upstairs kitchen which we're sharing with most everyone here.
Ano climbs a lot of coconut trees. He also teachs an NVC class and runs an NVC practice group among other things: http://gaiayoga.org/calendar.html#cw
Ano does a nice job of cutting coconut bunches down as well as lower limbs that might be a hazzard later.
Ano is skilled at moving around the fronds as he works.
The coconut bunches are lowere by rope to his truck.
One whack to open this one for drinking.
One whack to open this one for eating.
Another whack made a great spoon for scooping moist coconut meat.
The view of the ocean waves rising above the cliffs from Green Lake crater.
Banana tree leaves are big! Check out Stefanie's pics at: http://stefanie-namaste.blogspot.com/2007/02/hawaii_23.html
These bananas will feed us for a few days!
Heading home close to sunset after stalking the wild banana! Peter (rightmost person in this photo) has more photos of this area, and one of me at: http://likewisesun.com/hawaii/photos.html Check out his great panoramas!
Hours after high tide, and the swells are doing more to flood Wai Opae Street than the higher tide did yesterday.
This spot was only about half as deep as the deeper parts of the Street.
Wai Opae Street floods commonly during high tides and or winds.
Wai Opae sunrise
House number coconuts are sprouting into trees!
This morning's high tides and swells have left fish on this front lawn!
Here are the fish cropped from the previous photo so you don't have to download it to zoom in on them.
Here's the corner house just down the street from us with fish in the front lawn.
Water doesn't read or obey signs. ;-) This lot is accross the street from the tide pools.
We bought this on 1/9/07 after seeing it at a garage sale. We hope it proves more economical than renting one.
Wai Opae a bit after low tide.
Low tide again.
Black-crowned Night Heron. Thanks Cody for identifying this as a night heron! http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i2020id.html
He flew away when I got close.
Then landed close by me again moments later.
This brown bird looks similar.
and it also landed nearby
The sunshine today made it easier to get some more fish pictures. This looks like a Moorish Idol. http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/zanclus.htm
Chaetodon auriga (Threadfin Butterflyfish) http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/butterflyfishes/auriga.htm
Chaetodon lunula (Raccoon Butterflyfish) http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/butterflyfishes/lunula.htm and a Saddle Wrasse? http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/wrasses/elongate.htm
Cape Kumukahi sunrise not far from the lighthouse. http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=144
Cape Kumukahi sunrise http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/sites/kumukahi_lighthouse.html
Cape Kumukahi sunrise http://www.mlo.noaa.gov/ABOUT/SITEINFO/FKUMUKAHI.htm
Cape Kumukahi sunrise
Fresh guilt-free eggs! We stopped here while checking out garage sales on Saturday.
Eggs are $3 a dozen. The chickens seem happy and well cared for.
Map to the egg house: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=15-1560+26th,+Keaau,+HI
TransFire firedancers performing at Kelly & Norman's wig party.
This is the website for the party location: http://www.isleofyou-hawaii.com/
This is the website for Rose the particular artist and dancer shown here: http://www.themusestudio.com/
Another Moorish Idol.
Morning surf between Cape Kumukahi and Kapoho Bay.
Just North of Kapoho Bay.
Rainbow over Green Mountain. Some friends of ours are currently purchasing a property on the other side of the mountain, the Lazy K Getaway http://getawayhi.com/amenities.html which has a nice panoramic view looking past the mountain toward the ocean, a bit south of where this was taken.
Kapoho Bay and Green Mountain with fading rainbow.
Obligatory waterfall picture
Kolekole Park where the river meets the ocean.
Dev & Stephanie near the shore.
Dev & Stephanie near a big splash.
The lovely Eve modelling one of the pairs of wrap pants I got at a garage sale last weekend.
Stephanie & Eve
Heading for a swim...
...at a small waterfall that runs into the river shortly before it hits the ocean. Eve is under that splash in the lower right.
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/kolekole_beach_park.html
http://www.hawaii-county.com/parks/kolekole.htm
Ahalanui Park (aka the Hot Pool) is 2.4 miles from our door.
It's particularly popular for an evening soak on calm days, but head the warnings!
But when the surf is choppy, too much cool water floods in and the geothermal heating can't keep up.
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/ahalanui_park.html
Wai 'Opae sunset
sunset surfer at Pohoiki
Isaac Hale (Pohoiki), Beach Park is the most popular surfing spot in the area, however big waves, rocks, and strong currents make this a demanding location.
http://www.hawaii-county.com/parks/isaachale.htm
While the low light at sunset made these shots all blurry, I'm sharing some because the color effects on the water are still very pretty.
One last sunset surf picture taken at Pohoiki (about 10 minutes south of us.)
On a clear day, you can see the Mauna Kea Observatory from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Hilo. Days this clear are not that common as it rains a lot in Hilo.
The Maku'u Farmer's Market is popular.
It's open Sundays from 8am-2pm,
with lots of plants,
flowers, and
colorful artwork for sale.
This canoe took many Sundays to carve at the Maku'u Farmer's Market.
These sunset photos were taken near the intersection of Kalihikai St. and Kalapana-Kapoho Rd.
This is about a half hour south proceding clockwise around the island from where we're staying.
Hapuna Beach State Park is one of the nicer beaches on the island.
White sands, nice waves, good facilities, make it a popular place. http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/hapuna_beach_state_park.html
North side of Kapoho Bay looking south.
Honeybee pollinating young bananas.
I found this on Craigslist yesterday and bought it.
Hopefully the elbow I bashed on my bike last Friday will heal soon so I can try this out!
This surfer at Kolekole today was impressive.
He was out with a few buddies.
He caught the most waves.
Jumped up quickly, and rode amazingly, sometimes back behind the wave.
I wasn't fast enough to show much of this whale, but he was out to sea quite a way beyond the surfers.
We stopped at this scenic view point a bit north of Waimea on our way back from Hawi.
This is Kyle. He's a great guy to snorkel with. Check out his photos and blogs at: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=12293365 http://kyleronan.wordpress.com/
I bought an underwater camera case that was too small for my camera, but fit his well.
Thanks Kyle for taking this shot of me snorkling.
I should have bought a few more of these weights at the one garage sale the weekend before last that had them.
Crop of previous photo for icon use.
I like the way the color of the coral is reflected under the surface of the water.
These red slate pencil urchins are pretty in the coral.
There were quite a few in some places. Heterocentrotus mammillatus - slate pencil urchin http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/marlife/inverts/echinoid.htm
And of course many different schools of fish.
If you download this, you should be able to just see a small cleaning wrasse.
Box fish by a venomous black sea urchine
Echinothrix diadema - black sea urchin (Wana) http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/marlife/inverts/echinoid.htm
This sea turtle was lazing in the Champagne Pond when John and I jogged by it today. I think those little convict tang were feeding on algae growing on the turtle's shell.
Here's a view of Kapoho Bay from the Champagne Pond.
This house is next to the residents access to the Champagne Pond showing that the turtle picked a place about as far from the surf as it could get.
Brighid enjoyed snorkelling at Wai' Opae.
Paul too! He arrived on 2/14 and will stay about two weeks.
Some areas of the tide pools are quite deep.
We saw a wray and octopus the other day when no one had a camera.
Paul's enjoyed snorkelling quite a bit!
Paul and Tammy.
I like the bigger corals, and more numerous urchins out deeper.
Thanks Paul for snapping these pics of me!
We went back to a house that had diving weights at a garage sale a few weeks back and got more, so now I finally have enough to wear my full wetsuit.
I like having a bit of cushion in case a big wave knocks me into sharp coral or lava rock.
This Hawaiian Hawk perched a few feet from our deck! http://www.audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=101 http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii/science/art5162.html
This mongoose paused a moment in our yard. Usually they move about so fast, there's no time to grab a camera.
Yesterday, I noticed where the turtles hung out, but my camera had locked up, so I didn't get any photos until today.
This is a pretty grouper!
Check out this video of a sea turtle: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2462909363936656827
Another video sans turtle is: Fish, surf, and corals at Wai' Opae http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6482781813217412871&hl=en
My first tide pool video: Lined Butterflyfish at the Wai' Opae tidepools http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7424028356029214239&hl=en
John swimming with Sea Turtle http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4452829546830117298
It's amazing how long these big sea turtles will just hang out on the bottom.
I love watching the big fish swim under the breaking surf.
I just liked the variety of colors in these corals.
3/7/07 - John and A'nah went snorkling today.
We spent a good amount of time circling with this spotted eagle wray.
Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3721677295059265994
Today I enjoyed the company of one of the largest schools of convict tang I've seen so far.
Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-159537575380619014
4/1/07 Today Daniel showed me a spot where we could get out to deep water
His spear gun is much better than mine, so I decided to just bring my camera instead of my spear.
I'd guess we got out to 30 or 40 feet of water.
But after a bit the waves picked up, and we went back in while we could still negotiate the rocks.
Daniel managed to get one ornate butterfly fish.
