Beach Day in Lanai (July 4, 2007)

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We started the day slow, hanging out at our bed and breakfast. (For more shots of the bed and breakfast, try this page.)
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These cute pineapple plants grew in the front yard.
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The way to get around the island is the shuttle.
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We picked up the shuttle here, in front of Hotel Lanai, aka, "the hotel."
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Here is Jason waiting for the shuttle.
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From the shuttle on the way down, a shot of the peninsula where we are headed.
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A closer shot of the same peninsula; you can see the beach where we are headed.
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After a swim, we spent some time reading under the palm trees.
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Next we continued walking around the peninsula. Here you can see basalt in the foreground, then the beach, and then the Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay, aka, "the resort."
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More eroded basalt cliffs; we could see fish and crabs in the pools.
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Jason is watching a terrific wave display (see next movie.)
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We spent some time watching the waves crash around this natural arch. (movie)
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Giant panorama of the view from at the end of the point. Ghosting on us is because I didn't test the panorama before I built the final version . . . Fellow Hawaiian islands Maui (left) and Kahoolawe (right) are visible at the horizon.
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This shot of the cliff is over exposed to show the texture in the rock.
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Panorama of the point that we just were on, from the big cliff.
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Jason and Gwen at Sweetheart Rock.
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Panorama of sweetheart rock. Jason at right.
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We found this cool survey marker at the top of the ridge.
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There seems to be some kind of fort built at the top of Sweetheart Rock.
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Jason took us treking through the brush to find the small harbor on the other side of the peninsula.
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And here it is!
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The waiter kindly took this picture of us at our anniversary dinner at Hulopo'e Court at the resort.
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This was the view from our table.
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Panorama of the anniversary dinner.