Looking at the last time I entered a blog post…over 2 years ago! Has it really been that long? I need to do better.
Recently we spent 2 weeks visiting in Hawaii. We traditionally have gone in Winter when the whales are visiting also, so I lug along cameras and lenses. This time I only took one camera - my Apple Wireless Camera i.e. iPhone. It did feel strange not having a backpack full of cameras, lenses, and accessories, but it was nice not having to worry about lugging the big stuff everywhere we went.
One nice thing about this time of year is that things are in bloom everywhere you go. This Bird of Paradise flower was one of many just blooming along a parking lot.
We spent most of our time on the island of Molokai where family live. One purpose of the trip was to assist in installing air conditioning in the home although all the time we were there we slept with the windows open and the trade winds were just beautiful. We did find a little time to “tour” including one day going on a cultural hike in the Halawa Valley. The tour includes a historical presentation and a hike through the rainforest to Moa’ula Falls.
Whenever we have visited, we always get some rain showers. Now normally one would be upset with rain, but in Hawaii many times rain equals rainbows!
Another nice part of being on the island of Molokai is that it is very dark at night so the sky is full of stars. One night while sitting on the deck I noticed the Milky Way was visible which it is not during the winter months. So I tried using the night mode on the iPhone.
This was looking South from the deck. The glow in the lower right is from the island of Lanai and the lower left is from Maui.
This image was taken from the top of the property looking in a south eastern direction. Again the glow in the lower left is the west end of Maui and the tree and foreground is light from the neighbors porch light.
As the time to depart drew near, we flew back to Honolulu to do a little sight seeing.
Diamond Head as seen from Ala Moana Beach Park.
And what is a trip to Hawaii without going to Waiola Shave Ice (not Shaved Ice!) which supposedly is President O’Bama’s favorite.
We also took in some history by visiting Pearl Harbor. We joined the standby list and luckily made it on the next to the last tour to the Arizona Memorial.
All things come to an end, so we caught the redeye flight back home. This is the flight where you can see the sunset when leaving and the sunrise as you arrive back home. This is the sunset over the Pacific.
All images were taken with iPhone 14 Pro. For night mode I mounted the camera on a tripod using the Platypod Grip cell phone holder.
