And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Especially since the boat guides would throw bread crumbs or frozen peas over the side, and every fish in the crater would come swimming with a fishy smile on their fishy faces. Not legal but hey, it's Hawaii! Hang loose. They told us not to go beyond the edge due to the strong current. If you did and they lost you, next stop was Tahiti.
Mentioned it before, but the next stop is Lanai (the Dole Pineapple Island).
And when you get to the crater rim on the right, it drops off to around 500'-600' depth, and over 1200' once you hit the outer channel.
You paddle over and look over the rim, which is black beyond 300', and as you peer into that abysmal dark, you realize that to anything cruising in the inky depths, you are the shiny piece of floating bait outlined by the bright Hawaiian sun.
And then you paddle back to that nice safe 40' deep filled in volcanic crater, usually with a judiciously hard kick, before something with a large mouthful of teeth decides to charge to the surface.
Wonderful clear water. You can see the mooring lines from the bouys all the way to the bottom.
ReplyDeleteIsland of Molokini, Kaho'olawe in the background. Snorkeling in the "crater" was quite interesting.....at least back in 92.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since the boat guides would throw bread crumbs or frozen peas over the side, and every fish in the crater would come swimming with a fishy smile on their fishy faces. Not legal but hey, it's Hawaii! Hang loose. They told us not to go beyond the edge due to the strong current. If you did and they lost you, next stop was Tahiti.
DeleteMentioned it before, but the next stop is Lanai (the Dole Pineapple Island).
DeleteAnd when you get to the crater rim on the right, it drops off to around 500'-600' depth, and over 1200' once you hit the outer channel.
You paddle over and look over the rim, which is black beyond 300', and as you peer into that abysmal dark, you realize that to anything cruising in the inky depths, you are the shiny piece of floating bait outlined by the bright Hawaiian sun.
And then you paddle back to that nice safe 40' deep filled in volcanic crater, usually with a judiciously hard kick, before something with a large mouthful of teeth decides to charge to the surface.