Manoa Cliff Trail

Hiking with friends

cool tree yeah!

Are these Acantinella?

Bombs, Dirt, and Kiawe. Kaho'olawe.

Last week I was in Kaho'olawe for 4 days.  It was simply AMAZING.  I can't wait to go back for a third time.  I was able to get into the water with my mask (forgot my camera housing) and see the beautiful untouched reefs.  It can't compare to anything I've seen.  The colors, the abundance, the life - it's crazy healthy out there!

the rain ko'a that's supposed to "call" rain to Kaho'olawe

whenever there's a blue tag, it means it's an archaeological site

on top of the highest peak, Moa'ulaili, and sitting on the navigator's chair.  from here you can see Lana'i, Maui, and Moloka'i and all the channels between them. Hawaiians would learn navigation, ocean currents, sea faring, and astronomy from here.

some of the unexploded ordinance (UXO) that still remains on the island.

a beautiful Kaho'olawe sunset

a map of the safe and unsafe zones on Kaho'olawe (red = uncleared, green = subsurface cleared to three feet, peach = surface cleared, no digging)

a 200 year old wiliwili tree that has survived the 50 years of bombing

wiliwili blossoms with Lana'i in the background

Sailor's Cap was made when the military blew up three stories of TNT for fun.  it's brackish water and 12 feet deep to the sediment layer.  no one knows how deep the sediment layer is.

girl carrying a bomb (on the paper towel dispenser over the sink)

Moa'ulaili is still a sacred cultural site

these mark tier II, subsurface clearance.

Hana Hou Magazine

Been on Hawaiian Airlines lately?  I'm in the Hana Hou magazine!  The article isn't about me, but it talks about REEF, which I do at work.  COOL!

http://www.hanahou.com/pages/magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=1003&MagazineID=63

SHARK!

I SAW MY FIRST WHITE TIP REEF SHARK WHILE SNORKELING YESTERDAY AT SHARKS COVE!  I'VE SEEN A BUNCH WHILE SURFING, BUT NEVER WHILE SNORKELING!  THE ONE I SAW WAS AT LEAST 5 FEET!  SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!

Queen at Shark's Cove

Me and Ryan saw the Queen yesterday!  What a rare sight!  The Queen is the Queen Nenue (chub) and is the yellow morph of the endemic Hawaiian Chub species.  It's super duper rare, so we were really lucky!  We also spotted three other rare animals: the Crown of Thorns, Spectacles Parrotfish, and Goslin's Fangblenny.

Look, its the Queen!

The Queen Nenue

The invasive Crown of Thorns.  They are poisonous so don't touch!  And they eat live corals, leaving behind a white skeleton.  See, it's eating one now :(  And you can't chop them up because they regenerate and instead of one, you'll have a lot.

School of chubs

School of manini and whitebar surgeonfish

shortnose wrasse

ornate wrasse

Spectacled Parrotfish is rare because of all the fishermen

Goslin's Fangblenny

Unidentified limpet, do you know what it is?

Inside my new place

I can see the the ocean from my kitchen window (and a lot of forest)

This is the opposite side of the studio which is my bedroom

Another view of the kitchen

I roll the table in front of the door to cook.

The shower is outside the bathroom....

My clothes are in these cabinets across from the bathroom and shower

My bedroom is right next to the shower.  More forest outside.  I have a fold out table too.

Typical bathroom. Toilet and sink.

Just Moved into a Studio!

Pool, slide, and resident dog, Molly

From the patio

Night Snorkeling

Eyespot Shrimp

Slipper Lobster (he was booking it man! they walk fast!)

Ghost Shrimp

Iridescent Cardinalfish

Sleeping Stareye Parrotfish

Sleeping Bluespine Unicornfish

Juvenile Yellowstripe Goatfish

Look What I Found!

Bluefin Trevally

Palenose Parrotfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

My reward for my hard "work"

Juvenile Yellowfin Coris