Morning Walk

Except for the days we take to the hill side hiking trails, we walk our traditional round trip of 10.79 miles at an average speed of 3.2 miles per hour along the makai side of Diamond Head, up past the light house and to the end of Kahala Ave at Waialae Park. There we sit and eat our tangerines and fine dark chocolate. The return trip takes us along Pueo St., Farmers, to Kilauea Ave. past the college and back to Cleghorn Street.

 

Joan at work on a tangerine

Along Kahala Ave. are the homes of the millionaires with magnificent gardens, beaches and views of the ocean. One of the biggest of them, Japanese billionaire unpopular in Kahala - mikey's Blog owns 27 lots/homes along this avenue. He has torn down some and some remain covered with graffiti. One noticeable mark of his ownership are the many mass produced statues filling the spaces where homes used to stand.

Graffiti on multi million home

The makai side of Kahala Ave

Beach erosion. At one time the beach was at plant level.

Don't be fooled. The rocks sound like drums.

The grass lawn to the right was once a magnificent 3.5 million dollar home!

 

Here is what the walk looks like on Google Earth.

Stu uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Name:		Kahala Ave
Date:		Mar 6, 2013 7:10 am
Map: (valid until Sep 2, 2013)		View on Map
Distance:		9.42 miles
Elapsed Time:		3:09:41
Avg Speed:		3.0 mph
Max Speed:		9.4 mph
Avg Pace:		20' 08" per mile
Min Altitude:		0 ft
Max Altitude:		274 ft
Start Time:		2013-03-06T17:10:45Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	21º 16' 39" N
	Longitude:	157º 49' 25" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	21º 16' 40" N
	Longitude:	157º 49' 24" W

Just down the hill and rest and breakfast. Can't wait

 

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