Hawaii - June 2009
Day 2 - Adventure #3 - Old Lighthouse Road

A long and interesting walk to the Kauhola lighthouse

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(Rev Date 09 Sep 2009)
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Old Lighthouse Road - a *long* hike to the Kauhola Point Lighthouse - you can see it in the distance...
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Hawaii common myna bird.
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Remember this myna bird - there will be a question about this on another day...
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Immature saffron finch, we think...
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Adult saffron finch - they just glow -
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We think more immature saffron finches.
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Another glowing adult saffron finch.
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A young saffron finch stalking something...
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Speaking of glowing colors...
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I don't know what these flowers are, but I love them.
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They are so delicate and lacy...
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And there are so many parts to them - some seeds are showing here.
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The bees like them also...
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This was an interesting plant with orange berries...
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Same plant but with red berries.
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Here you can tell there are red and orange berries on the same plant.
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Same plant - with green flower buds, pink flowers, and red and orange berries - all on the same plant simultaneously!
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A demure little white flower creeps through the other plants...
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Struggling through the thicket...
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The purple is a wild verbena - don't know about the yellow flower...
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Beautiful little "filamentous" wildflower
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Simple and elegant...
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Same flowers and what looks like berries on the same plant? Maybe flower buds?
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In the strawberry family?
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Verbena on the hoof...
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We work hard at home to try to get verbena to thrive!
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Another delicate little specimen...
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So many textures...
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The triplets...
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There is a lot of joy in a flower...
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Lantana seemingly growing wild...
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Lantana closeup.
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An abundance of seeds for this one...
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A tiny wildflower.
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Sample of the diverse roadside tangle.
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Don made the sacrifice to walk back and bring the car closer - a nice sight...
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Another pretty white flower.
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More tiny examples.
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A big cluster of cockleburrs...
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These are ripe and ready to ride out on someone's clothes...
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Silky petals...
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A weird burl...
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Don stands at the turnstile to nowhere...
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Steve is still having a good time.
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At last we can see water!
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And the lighthouse!
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The home stretch, with a dove flying by.





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