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Author Topic: OT Trip Report - I'm back!  (Read 6568 times)

Melena

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2007, 11:32:20 PM »
Thanks for the welcome back!  I really am glad to be back home.  No matter how nice it was on Maui, I still like home.  Sonoma County has its own divine sunsets.   ;)  Also there are many more wonderful roads to ride around here.   ;D

Bob, I didn't notice that they used crushed shells in the asphalt.  I think not though.  I didn't see that many shells around.  The ones on the beach were really little and there weren't many.  Maybe there are more on the other islands.  I've heard there are a lot of shells on the Florida beaches.  I think they may use shell in the asphalt where they have a big commercial shell fish industry.

The sunsets there were mostly very nice, but the clouds (from all that water all over the place) sometimes obscured and sometimes enhanced them.  But I'll tell you, they were short.  Because Hawaii is at such a southern latitude, once the sun has set it gets dark within a couple of minutes.  Unlike in Alaska where the sunsets last for hours, or maybe even days if you are far enough north.    [smiley=grin.gif]

I have a lot more pictures, but I didn't want to overwhelm everyone.  I may put up a few more when I go through them again if there is anything that is just too good to not show.

I think the trip has caught up with me.  Actually, I think the getting home has caught up with me.  This is going to be a long, tiring week.  I think I like having lots of days off in a row.   [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]  

Aida, I like that smiley guy too.  Maybe we're not supposed to be able to read what it says.  

Now for the next goal - the 49er Rally.  

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2007, 07:22:21 AM »
John, thank you for clarifying that, I feel a bit better now...  :-?
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SCJJR65

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2007, 12:06:04 PM »
Hey, bro... I'm secure in MY manliness!  (snort, snort, grunt.....)   [smiley=naughty.gif]

A toast... to manly men everywhere!!!   [smiley=beerchug.gif]

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2007, 01:56:57 PM »
And I am secure knowing I don't need to be manly to feel secure!   [smiley=beatnik.gif]


A toast...to transcendentalists everywhere!  

Melena

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2007, 11:38:22 PM »
I'm so glad all you manly men are feeling good about yourselves.    ;)  

Glad I don't have testosterone as my predominate hormone.  I can think about saying that sunsets are divine.   [smiley=Oscar.gif]

Okay.  I'm weird.  Hmmmm.  Maybe I'm just another transcendentalist.    Cheers, Rob!  

Offline Semper Gumby

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2007, 08:25:41 AM »
Nice pics Melena.   :D

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trolle

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2007, 04:20:38 AM »
Welcome back, Melena.

The sunset is fantastic (no progesteron here!).

The text on the sign of the little man, "mach Urlaub", translates "take a holiday" in English, so it is very appropriate.

Whale tale like in "Jonah and the whale" or "Moby Dick" ;D

25 years ago a sperm whale ended its life on the beach just below our summer cottage, quite an impressive animal, and it was easy to take pictures of "big fish" as my then 3-year old daughter called it. Much easier than photographing them in the wild, which I have tried with as much succes as you, Melena.

greetings from a sunny and warm north where riding conditions are at a optimum

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2007, 11:09:39 PM »
Thanks for the translation, trolle! I had a feeling it was along those lines, anyway.   :)

Yes, catching a whale in motion is pretty challenging.  I managed to get lots of pictures of whitecaps just as the tale was disappearing! But it is definitely a sight that won't be forgotten.  
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thrang

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2007, 06:59:24 PM »
looks like it was a lovely place :)

Did a whale watching trip the other year when we went to Madeira and it was amazing. Just wish I could have got something more that splashes and waves because looking into the eye of a great whale has got to been one of them moments of my life, and something I'll never forget.
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Offline Ed Miller

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Re: OT Trip Report - I'm back!
« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2007, 12:07:15 AM »
I wonder if they like watching us.  I wish we could communicate better.

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thrang

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« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2007, 05:58:21 AM »
I'm not sure I'd like to know what Whales think of us, because the Human race has not been particularly good to them... And now the Japanese and Norwegians (hunting as scientific research my arse!) are trying to over turn the ban things could get bad for them all over again.  

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« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2007, 07:13:40 PM »
Didn't they see that Star Trek movie?   :o