JULY FOURTH & BEYOND

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Outrigger Canoe Racing – How it Works

Upcoming canoe races in 2012

Fourth of July

             We were due to go down to Hanalei Bay for a potluck and fireworks at 5:30. At that moment it was pouring. We went anyway and the rest of the evening was moving out onto the beach and then retreating back under the canopy out of the rain.

It was kind of like Pele and her wars, someone always trying to put the fires out.  Too Fun!

These fountains were going off all around the bay

Clean up crews are out bright and early on the 5th

Random shots of Hanalei in July

            If you read about canoe season above, finishing up the regattas and what is coming up for Gil is all about paddling.  Even when all that is going on, there are the every day beach goers doing what they do.

 All kinds of paddling, this is a stand up board (SUP) - Stand Up!

at least poochy gets it

Oblivious to the race course, and vice versa

gotta love it

. . . .and then this rogue wave came from behind and I wiped out

who's cuter?

Not everyone plays all the time, some people are working.

 

Lifeguards on duty are always watching

And then you never know what you'll find down by the pier.

 Double hull Hawaiian voyaging canoe with swimmers in the water

Those aren't ordinary swimmers, they're mermaids!

Not a camera crew in sight, they were just swimming

only in Hanalei

And after a long hard day at the beach,

it's nice to come home and relax on the lanai, out of the elements

I love summer