Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Oahu Mountains

A  L  O  H  A !

Take A Walk In The Country by Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau on Grooveshark

 Keahiakahoe (above)
[ kay - ah-hee - ahka - hoy ]
 is a 2,820 foot peak 
of Oahu's Ko`olau Mountains.
 Here, she presides over
 Kaneohe Town
on our windward side. 




Kaneohe Bay from Keahiakahoe

 
" One sees great things
 [mountains]
from the valley;
 only small things 
from the peak. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton
 







courtesy: theaircraft.net

A US Army air Corps B-17E
 arrived in Hawaii on 18 Dec 41,
 11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  
It crashed into the cliffs of Mt. Keahiakahoe 
less than 4 months later on
 Easter Sunday, 5 April 1942.













 Sweet as Honolulu Town is,
in Summer some turn
their eyes to the mountains
above town, our
  ' Mauka'  side


[ Ocean, Kai
is the yin
to Mauka's yang:
' Makai. ' ]


Above is Punchbowl Crater,
home to a National Cemetery
where our military heroes are buried,
including President Obama's
grandfather (who gave young Barack a home)
Stanley Dunham,
a WWII Vet
( Like my Dad )















The mountains are close,
and rural Oahu 
is just beyond them.
( until we stupidly 
pave it over, that is! 
See it NOW )


" I long
 for rural and domestic 
scene,
 for the warbling of birds
 and the prattling
 of my children.  "

John Adams


















“ Keep close to Nature's heart...
and break clear away,
once in awhile,
  climb a mountain . . .
Wash your spirit 
clean. ”

 John Muir 




"- like an abandoned theater.
The play is finished,
but the echoes
remain. "

 Arbit Blatas


 Spooky.  Who, or what,
is in that window?

 " It is dismal coming home,
 when there is
 nobody 
to welcome one! "

  
    Ann Radcliffe,
 

Breathtaking pictures taken by a hiker on Keahiakahoe  HERE


Thanks for climbing by today!
Scrawl your
 "i was here"
in comments

                           Warmly, cloudia


Extreme Hiking on Oahu:

20 comments:

the walking man said...

"I will ever prefer the spirit of the planet found in the mountains over her soul which is found in her oceans." Polysyllabic

Need you to send email to detstink@gmail.com because as I promised 4 years ago I deleted all contact info on that one.

Daryl said...

Taking my peace .. leaving my aloha

Birdman said...

My uncle Leonard flew a B-17 in WW2. Sadly, never made it back.

Hilary said...

What a beautiful piece of peace.

Jenn Jilks said...

I know. Man's inhumanity towards nature. For so long. But beautiful photos of a beautiful place!
Greetings from Cottage Country!

Cloudy said...

Wunderschön, bin hin und weg...

Lieben Gruß
CL

Young at Heart said...

ooh you never fail to inspire...especially on such a dull drizzly London day!!

Teresa said...

Gorgeous!! Thanks for the tour.

foongpc said...

Nice view from the top of the mountain! : )

Myrna R. said...

This post is so rich with information, photos, nature, excitement wisdom and more.

Love it.

Marguerite said...

Lovely post and photos! That hike looks a little scary, though. :) Have a Happy 4th, cher! Cheers!

TexWisGirl said...

beautiful scenes - enjoy it while it lasts, i suppose.

Charles Gramlich said...

I know what you mean by "stupidly pave it over." Every time I go out now I see more trees cut down to be paved over for some mini mall. and dozens of them are already around and half empty

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this uplifting height. Totally agree with John Adams.

Please have you all a wonderful Wednesday.

Erika said...

Thanks for sharing with us all this. Gorgeous shots.
Ciao dall'Italia

Jeanne said...

Lovely shots of Hawaii! Just came back from there not too long ago! What beauty!

Full-On-Forward said...

My Step Father flew a B-17. Thank the Lord he did make it back!

Great post my Friend!

J

Cloudia said...

Two of us
had family show FLEW B-17s.

This is just SO amazing to share ourselves like this. Like Cloudy
says, this blows me away!


Thanks VERY much for looking in

Tammie Lee said...

Gorgeous magical images
love that top one!

Cloudia said...

Thanks Tammie