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Back from a 3 island get away, planned for last year, pulled it off this year!
Maui for starters, trade winds waited until just before we got there. Rainbows, bloody beautiful sunsets and perfect temps tipped the balance to the awesome side. Exhibit a http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg Hey Molokai, you are next! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg Windy Dragon's teeth http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg Deep fried Coconut Prawns, a brew, my adventure partner and a view... food was terrific every where we ate out. We always hit a big grocery store right after landing and provision for most of the week. I'm Spoiled now with ocean front condos, everything you need, space, privacy and meals out on the lanai. Don't think I can go back to cheaper options without throwing a fit. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635025058.jpg |
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Haleakala was sublime but windy! sustained 30 mph and higher gusts had us in down jackets and gloves... we don't pack like normal Hawaii goers. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635026005.jpg |
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But all of them pale in comparison to this guy that I found while mowing one day. Fortunately, they are pretty timid. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1624115531.jpg for some size reference http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1624115531.jpg next to the toe of my rubber boot for size reference http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1624115531.jpg I've even seen a "tarantula hawk" wasp which was pretty cool. It was easily 2-3 inches long, but then I guess if you use tarantulas for baby food, you probably need to be bigger than a regular wasp. This is a bad pic because he wasn't interested in letting me get very close, and didn't sit still much, so this is a crop. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1626122882.jpg |
I've even seen a "tarantula hawk" wasp which was pretty cool. It was easily 2-3 inches long, but then I guess if you use tarantulas for baby food, you probably need to be bigger than a regular wasp.
This is a bad pic because he wasn't interested in letting me get very close, and didn't sit still much, so this is a crop. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1626122882.jpg[/QUOTE] I was out on my patio one time last year & saw movement in the corner of my eye. Looked closer & it was a tarantula hawk dragging a tarantula much bigger than it was. It dragged ir around in the back yard for twenty minutes or so, then down to the end of the patio (70 ft.) and around the back of the house. Last time I saw it, it was dragging the spider across the yard. I couldn't believe the endurance of the thing. |
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I was actually a little (certainly not a lot) disappointed that I didn't see more tarantulas and tarantula hawks this year. I also really don't want them to be commonplace and something that I see every day either. |
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Soybeans for all my friends!
Finishing up today, last 1/5 of the farm. My absolute favorite time of year. Not me,not my combine, not my truck...I have been working with the same guy for 25 years. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635102099.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635102099.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635102099.jpg |
Pumping a little water for the cattle tank.
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Molokai stood out as the most interesting island due to it's lightly or undeveloped beaches and roads, particularly going south to the end of the island.
Last 5 miles or so drop to a one lane with lots of blind turns and a section that is right along the ocean- when the trades are blowing and it's high tide like experienced, you keep your windows closed so you don't end up with some of the Pacific in your lap. East side beaches were small and so-so. West end were unbelievable, often with only our tracks and no a soul in sight... just like I like it! Crazy variety of volcano spit in many colors sizes and textures, football size chunks of obsidian embedded into bubbly red lava in one area. 300mm lens view of the Leper colony, close as we got http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635119519.jpg |
Cool pics as usual, Skip!
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^That looks good about now!^
Thanks Steve, the images are cut waaay down from as captured. I use the evil Google drive to share with the fam. Obviously on the wrong side of the camera http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635123658.jpg |
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