Wispy sundog fragment (colors enhanced). The colors were really easy to see through my polarized sunglasses, but just faded into the glare without them. My phone barely caught it, but the info was there once I stretched the saturation.
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The Keauhou Beach Resort
When we arrived in Hawaii, I posted this photo taken from our hotel room balcony:
What I didn’t mention was that that shot was carefully cropped. The view really looked like this:
Well, hey, we got the cheap rooms, so you kind of expect that. Still, there was a lot to see right on the hotel grounds. First of all, we stayed at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort south of Kailua-Kona. Outrigger had recently taken over the hotel, and they were in the midst of remodeling. They had to block off part of the parking lot for a couple of days in order to bring in a crane and replace the air conditioner. So I expect any review of the facilities themselves is going to be outdated within a couple of months.
The hotel grounds include a couple of heiau ruins, some tide pools, and a small garden area. Continue reading