Children and Youth Day Festival, 10/7/12

What was "Children and Youth Day Festival"? It was a huge free event which occurs on the first Sunday of October. The grounds of the State Capitol and Surrounding Capitol District were filled with activities and information for the whole family. Next year will be the 20th anniversary.

This statue of Queen Liliokulani faces our State Capitol.

The State Capitol Rotunda

Jordan Segundo

That day was so hot and humid that seeing this sign was a joy to see. Infact I had some @10:15 and later in the afternoon.

Under the various tents:

The support for this event was tremendous!

She made it!

Police Canine Division

Serious teen info:

Surf (Internet) Safe

Fun!

Zumba!

Dance performances

Gangnam Style, this is the latest dance craze originating from Korea

Portable hammocks

I had my waffle dog from this high school group, McKinley "Tigers".

Incase you did not make it, here were some of my attempts to show how large this festival was.

Samadhi Hawaii Aerial

Check out my friend Jalna's blog, after 6 hours she still felt there were even more things to see. I agree with her whole heartily - infact this was just a sampling! We were actually taking pictures for this organization: HawaiiCYD and guess what, we never saw each other. 

Hana, Maui, 9/14-16/12

Hana is on the east side of Maui and remains beautiful with very little buildings. The reason being that the road to Hana includes 30 miles of winding road that is pretty much 1 lane for both directions. To make it even more challenging are the one lane bridges which there are 54.

 At Waikamoi Ridge Trail, we came across this sign.

Kaumahina State Wayside

Hard to tell that this was a photo trip. Connie arranged this trip for our Eyes of Hawaii photo club. She needed 10 - guess who jumped at this opportunity.

We certainly enjoyed this stop. (Yummy natural fruit shakes, ice cream, and warm banana bread to name a few)

Ke`anae Penninsula

 At Wai`anapanapa State Park, I enjoyed the beauty of the black sand.

I placed this Opihi shell on the rocks. Our group have very fond memories of the fishermen we met at Ke`anae. I kept my shell.

The following morning, we woke up early to catch the sun rise.

This spectacular waterfall is at Wailua.

 Yay, I got a stamp for visiting one of the National Park Service - Haleakala National Park.

This is from the Hala tree.

 There we are enjoying the beauty. This area has 7 pools.

Look closely at the round things to the bottom right. The next picture is a cropped picture to show you the Opihis. They withstand the constant gushing of the water and just tenaciously cling to the rocks.

Okay, spider webs are hard to make a picture - got to get your focus point on the web. 

Look closely there are 3 crosses.

 Our last morning, we went to Hamoa for our sunrise pictures.

Tribute to Father Damien at Pa`ia

It was unanimous by our group that we had a blast. Thanks Pat, Connie, Randy, Pam and Francine.

Fashion Shows, 9/7 & 8/12

It was fun this weekend making photos of various fashion shows. The first one was at Ala Moana Center Stage - joined Erick and Sookie.

The following day, I went to the Hawaii Woman Expo. Erick mentioned that there was "Hawaii Most Beautiful Man" contest. Hee hee, that sold me.

One of the emcees

 The women were part of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA and Miss Hawaii USA Contestants

 The men were part of the Hawaii Most Beautiful Man Contest

Now that was fun!!!