Quantum & Ovation Plus - 30 Day Live (hopefully)

[DaKahuna]

8 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

Everything is shot with my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Left my Canon 7D and lenses at home. I’ll often use the Lightroom App to shoot images in raw format and then do some post processing. Video is shot with the standard iPhone Photos app. 

 

 Thanks.  I have stopped taking a camera with me, even my Nikon point and shoot.  My iPhone 13 Pro Max takes amazing pictures and apparently the 12 does as well.  

 

[bobmacliberty]

Good morning from paradise, aka Kauai. If seeing the Na Pali Coast is not yet on your bucket list, it needs to be. More on that later. Today’s plan is to drive to the North Shore and wander a bit. I had hoped to hike to the Queen’s Bath but it’s apparently closed due to rough seas. Several people have drowned there so they are very careful now. We’ll stop at the Wailua Falls on the way there, and maybe make a stop at the Kilauea Lighthouse. We’ll definitely poke around Hanalei Town and might stop at a few beaches. There’s a chance of rain so we’ll play things by ear. 
 

More to come…

[bobmacliberty]

Hmmm.  What to do, what to do. Greg?
 

[bobmacliberty]

I really like this automated toilet. It works very well. That’s all I have to say about that. 

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

Hmmm.  What to do, what to do. Greg?
 

 

 Get that bottle's grand daddy and put the baby back to grow up. 

 

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

Hmmm.  What to do, what to do. Greg?
 

 

Awesome! You should buy about a 100 of these. Who needs a flask anymore????

[helen haywood]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

I really like this automated toilet. It works very well. That’s all I have to say about that. 

What does one do in the event of a power outage?

[DaKahuna]

7 minutes ago, helen haywood said:

What does one do in the event of a power outage?

 

 It functions exactly like a normal toilet.  

 

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, helen haywood said:

What does one do in the event of a power outage?

 

2 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 It functions exactly like a normal toilet.  

 

Yup. You can always go “old school” with TP and the flush handle. 

[bobmacliberty]

First stop today was at the Wailua falls. It’s a nice set of twin falls at the end of a road with an overlook. No hiking required. 

 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

We continued further up the road and stopped at a couple of overlooks. The first was a little north of Kapa’a on the east shore. 
 

 

 

We then stopped to look over the taro fields in the Hanalei Valley

 

[bobmacliberty]

We continued on the Hanalei Bay. We walked around for a bit and took some pictures before the skies opened up. We got drenched, but that’s half the fun. 

 

 

 

Every art gallery on the island seems to have this photo, although more lit up and colorful

 

 

We decided to get some lunch at The Hanalei Gourmet restaurant to dry off and wait out the rain. They have Mai Tais!  And very good fresh Marlin sandwiches. And Wi-Fi, hence these posts. Time to drive further to some nice beaches.  

[bobmacliberty]

But first, dessert. Pineapple, papaya, passion orange, and macadamia nut ice cream. 
 

[BonTexasNY]

Amazing photos and video.  

If I had a bucket list, Hawaii would be at the top especially your heaven on earth resort.

Continue to have sunny skies and many more happy moments.

Edited October 13, 2022 by BonTexasNY

[Julia’s Journey’s]

Enjoying your live from and land portions and all caught up.

[Ozark_Kid]

18 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

Everything is shot with my iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Isn't it cool how great phones shoot pics?  It would be hard to get a large print from it.  You can make nice memory books from them.

[Ozark_Kid]

This island is beautiful. 

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Isn't it cool how great phones shoot pics?  It would be hard to get a large print from it.  You can make nice memory books from them.

I think we’re going to buy a large print from a local photographer. This is one that we’re considering. 
 

 

And for comparison, here’s a professional version of the picture that I took under the Hanalei pier.  
 

[bobmacliberty]

We might have had a second round of Mai Tais at lunch, so we walked around Hanalei Town and did some shopping to let the alcohol wear off and let the rain stop.
 

 

As we pulled away from Hanalei Town, we saw several waterfalls that didn’t exist before it started raining. The close up of the waterfall one the right doesn’t really give it enough perspective. It has to be at least 1000 feet tall.  Amazing. 

 

 

 

We continued past Hanalei and drive all the way to Haena Beach. There’s a cool cave called Maniniholo Dry Cave across the street from the beach. It’s a very large opening that goes back at least 100 feet. 
 

 

 

The beach there was gorgeous. We spent a few minutes enjoying it but decided not to spend any significant time on the beach. 
 

 

 

 

At that point, we were running out of steam and started the 1.5 hour drive back to our hotel. We’ve just showered and will try the hotel sushi restaurant for dinner. More seafood!!

[Ozark_Kid]

The videos are nice.  When you walked back into the cave it looked lit up.  Was that from your phone or what.

[bobmacliberty]

39 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

The videos are nice.  When you walked back into the cave it looked lit up.  Was that from your phone or what.

No added lighting. It was just the natural light from the large opening, combined with the iPhone doing its thing in low light. 

[bobmacliberty]

Great meal tonight at the hotel sushi restaurant called Stevenson’s Library. I started with a Koala Koola, a dark (floater) and coconut rum drink with Midori and pineapple juice. Micheline, of course, had a Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc. 

 

We snacked on edamame while enjoying our drinks. My cocktail disappeared quickly so I had to replace it with a smoked Manhattan with Whistle Pig rye. Perfect.
 

 

We then split a Shipwreck roll (named after the beach in front of the hotel) and a sushi pizza. Both were excellent.  We’ll definitely make the sushi pizza at home…ahi, salmon, onion, tobiko mushroom, and various sushi sauces on naan. Very good. 
 

 

 

Apologies to @Ocean Boy and any other Italians reading this thread, but the Tiramisushi dessert was outstanding. Chocolate ganache, chocolate cake, Kauai coffee mousse, crème anglaise caramel sauce, raspberry coulis. Incredible. 
 

[bobmacliberty]

I’m still working on pics and videos from our Na Pali Coast sunset boat cruise. I took WAY too many pics and need to edit down to the best few.  I’ll hopefully post soon. 

[Ozark_Kid]

5 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

No added lighting. It was just the natural light from the large opening, combined with the iPhone doing its thing in low light. 

I looked really nice.

[Ozark_Kid]

2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

I looked really nice.

I meant It looked really nice.... the cave... 😆