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A Foray into Waimea Canyon

1/29/2014

3 Comments

 
Our first visitor came to Kaua'i on a medical conference.  We visited Laura's family when Emily and I were in Minnesota last August.  Her husband, Dave, was my youth pastor growing up in Wilmington, DE.  Laura and I took the dogs for an epic exploration of Waimea Canyon - check it out!
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Hanapepe River Valley Lookout
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Waimea Canyon Lookout
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Looking South to the Canyon Mouth with Ocean Beyond
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Kalalau Valley Lookout
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Hiking in the Clouds on the Alakai Swamp Trail
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When we were lucky, there were planks on the trail over the swampy muck. The power pole is left over from WWII when the military put in the poles over the ridge to the North Shore in order to have another power source in case the Japanese took the main harbor in Lihue.
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Much of the trail was straight muck - yet eerily beautiful!
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Waimea Canyon Lookout in fading sunlight
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A faint rainbow behind me at the Waimea Canyon Lookout
3 Comments
Jose M. Nistal III
2/18/2014 03:51:49 am

Evans, Central Kauai is suppose to be the "Wettest" place on thePlanet?

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Evans McGowan
2/18/2014 04:49:48 am

yes, on daily average it is the wettest place on earth, with over 450 inches a year (well over an inch every day!) and a record of 683 inches in 1982. Even so, the "wettest place on earth" sometimes goes to a small place in India called Cherrapunji that averages over 460 inches per year. However they get 90 percent of their rain during the rainy season and sometimes have periods of drought. Converseley, Mount Wai'ale'ale ("place of many waters") is enveloped in cloud and rain about 300 days a year. Hence the ever-present waterfalls on Kaua'i!

Read this article on The Weather Channel for more detailed info: http://www.weather.com/news/science/nature/wettest-place-earth-20130529

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thorn balloons link
4/2/2025 11:55:20 pm

Wow, what a beautiful view!

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