Friday's Focus - 2020/05/15 - The Beach
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Ken Rennie
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I have limited myself to Mull and Iona, islands off the west coast of Scotland and images never previously posted ( I hope). Ken
East Coast of Iona
West Coast of Iona with the golf course on the right. It is an18 hole course that is free to play or £1 if you want a score card. The sand and water hazards may be a little larger than you are used to and the water is the North Atlantic so it is quite windy. I have just noticed 2 golfers.
Lastly Mull close to the Iona ferry terminal.
East Coast of Iona
West Coast of Iona with the golf course on the right. It is an18 hole course that is free to play or £1 if you want a score card. The sand and water hazards may be a little larger than you are used to and the water is the North Atlantic so it is quite windy. I have just noticed 2 golfers.
Lastly Mull close to the Iona ferry terminal.
AlanLichty
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A couple of images from the Oregon coast:
Brookings:
Bandon
Brookings:
Bandon
Jim Dockery
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My wife & cousin, Long Beach WA
Sunset over Puget Sound near La Conner WA
Foggy Point Of Arches, Olympic NP, WA
MonikaC
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I wondered how you were going to choose from all your seascapes, Alan!
From the beach by Heceta Head Lighthouse
Douglas Sherman
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How about some secluded beaches along the Na Pali Coast of Kauai.
Nilo Photography
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Love that sunset
MonikaC
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Is that beyond the end of the trail, Doug?
Kyle Jones
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Big Beach in Maui. I'd like to be there now.
Douglas Sherman
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What a great image, Monika.
There is actually no trail or any other way to get there other than swimming from an offshore boat. The beach consists of two beaches separated from each other by the arch you see in the image. This is known as Honopu Beach and it is considered sacred. It is illegal to land a helicopter or a boat on the beach. Warriors used to carry the bones of Chiefs who had died up the cliffs to small caves and leave them there. They would then proceed to jump to their deaths to keep the location of their burial caves secret. I'm not sure I would volunteer for that job.
One from Oregon coast.
MonikaC
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You'd be stuck in a hotel room for 14 days......
AlanLichty
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Looks like Bandon.
MonikaC
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That would be a , "yes". Great background on it, Doug. I spent a fair amount of time at Kalalau beach when I was about 17. More modern history would have pot growers utilizing the valleys inaccessible except for boat or off-trail bushwhacking. While hitch-hiking on the island, I got a ride from a guy with a t-shirt that read "Kalalau Harvest 1970-someing [I don't remember the year, but around 1977] Just In Time". Pot was the major export at the time. So much so, that when the police had a raid on the Kalalau Valley schedule they "leaked" the date of the raid, which just happened to correspond with the day after harvest (and with plenty of tie to get t-shirts printed). When they got there, gee, there was nothing.
Kyle Jones
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But then... Actually been thinking about it. I'm working from home anyway. I could work from home there for two weeks and then be in Hawaii.
Douglas Sherman
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That's pretty funny, Monika. Have you ever done the Kalalau Valley Trail? I'm not good with heights so I could never do it. It is supposed to be incredible but it is also one of the most dangerous trails in the world.
Yes it is Alan.