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Waimea Canyon in Koke'e State Park - The following several photos...
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Waimea Canyon
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Waimea Canyon - testing the 10x zoom
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the colors are just wild over here.
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can you guess the location?
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heading back out of the canyon
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town of Waimea in the distance
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cool tree
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Pu'u O Kila lookout down Kalaulau Valley
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Pu'u O Kila
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either Pu'u O Kila or a methane sea on Titan moon, orbiting Saturn
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Pu'u O Kila - everyone's got this shot, but the lighting was really...
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Pu'u O Kila
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green fur falling off a pink skin
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Pu'u O Kila
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saw these flowers by the side of the road and had to stop
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Random blooms
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Almost stepped on these little guys at a lookout site.
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Waimea
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Looking across Waimea to (I think) Ni'ihau (only accessible to...
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sorry, can't remember the name of this falls, but believe it was above...
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near the falls
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also near falls
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near Kilauea Lighthouse
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on the way to Hanalei . . .
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Ha'ena State Park - some lost tropical jungle that took hours to...
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Hiking out of Ke'e Beach over to Hanakapi'ai Beach
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don't remember this exactly, but it's a cool little spot
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Hiking to Hanakapi'ai (Na Pali Coast - remember Jurassic Park . . .)
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on the way to Hanakapi'ai - last minute decision to make this hike and...
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some cool palms along the way . . .
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at the top of the ridge - the wind was crazy up here.
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Hanakapi'ai Beach - thought the hike was rough in running shoes...
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around Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
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Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge - everyone's got this shot also, but...
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Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
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around Wailua Falls
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around Wailua Falls - a wall of green
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National Tropical Botanical Gardens in the Po'ipu area
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National Tropical Botanical Gardens (NTBG)
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NTBG - difficult to describe . . .
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG - one of the few creatures
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NTBG
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NTBG - something palm-like
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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NTBG
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hiking up above Wailua
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hiking up above Wailua
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Wailua
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hiking up above Wailua - looks cold, but is, of course, roasting
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hiking up above Wailua
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Hanalei area - beautiful, clear day to thunderstorm in minutes
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Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge area
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back to the other side of the island (Waimea Canyon area) - Awa'awapuhi...
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Awa'awapuhi Trail
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end of Awa'awapuhi Trail looking out to Na Pali Coast
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end of Awa'awapuhi Trail
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end of Awa'awapuhi Trail looking out to Na Pali Coast
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Na Pali Coast
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Na Pali Coast
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Na Pali Coast - lush and arrid at the same time, and the colors are just CRAZY!
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Out of Waimea Canyon
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Late in the day - another island out there to explore . . .
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A small ranch above Kapa'a near the trail head to Makaleha Falls
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on the way to Hanalei . . . again - couldn't get enough of this area.
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amazing bluff near Kilauea
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Kilauea area
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found this small stretch of beach on my last day (where a stream meets the...
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Another botanical garden (Limahuli) - this one just above Ke'e beach in...
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Limahuli Garden (or Middle Earth)
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Limahuli Garden
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One of Treebeard's friends
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Limahuli Garden - watch out for the walking palms
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Limahuli Garden
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High up in Limahuli
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Limahuli Garden
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Limahuli Garden
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in Hanalei
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The ever present cloud above Kawaikini and Wai'ale'ale (the wettest...
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