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33.
24- 30 Jul - Honolulu - putting up bills,
errands in town, rad trip at Pearl City
for supplies , etc. etc.
30 Jul - 2000 - Honolulu to KAUI .
arrived PM, motel - tomorrow to the
fabled Alekai swamps.
31 Jul 1964 Kohae, Alekai Swamp Trail,
Kauai, Kauai !!
Kauai is indeed a jewel of an island ,
green & lush for the most part. The drive
alongs coast from Likue is rugged with a
view of the cloud enshrouded interior rising
high above. At Waimea we turn inland.
It is dry, Xerophytic vegetation, with
Opuntia abounding. As we climb , we
pass through a narrow belt of cars,
then see wild, undeveloped beauty
above, seeming more lush as we rise.
Waimea Canyon is very large & extremely
impressive with cliffs dropping over
2000' . The canyon bottom is 2500' below the
rim on color play about the Canyon walls which
tail pebbles the upper reaches. About below
a dozen or more White Tailed Tropic Birds
Also on road.
Himits,
Calf. Quail
Banded Stns
Eng Sponcers
? Johanan