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Hiking Kalalau Trail along Kauai's Famous Napali Coast

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
I went for a hike along Kalalau Trail with friends last week, and shortly past the half-mile mark--after stopping to pose for photos with the dramatic Kee Beach as our backdrop--I looked up and caught my first glimpse of the distant Napali coastline. The cliffs stacked up like dominoes in the glaring, late afternoon sun, one after the other fading into the light. My feet stopped moving while my finger rose to point. My mouth opened and one word came out. “Look,” I said. Read More
Why I Chased the Transit of Venus

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post

June 5, 2012, started clear and sunny, as summer days do in Hawaii. Perfect for a day at the beach. Perfect for a sunburn, if you weren’t careful. And perfect for observing the planet Venus as it made its transit between the Earth and the sun. For about six-and-a-half hours, a dark spot would blemish the sun, looking like a perfect circle, no more than a freckle, really. Peering through a telescope, you might have mistaken the transit of Venus as possibly a mole on the very pregnant belly of a woman.
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Happy 99th Birthday Kilauea Lighthouse

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post

The 99th anniversary of Kilauea Point Lighthouse drew quite a crowd on Saturday, May 5, 2012. The weather forecast predicted a repeat of the day before: a line of marching squalls and gunmetal skies.
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A Hike with the Sleeping Giant Feeds Me

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
I visited Sleeping Giant the other day. He snatched my breath away in nearly the first step, wrapping his paw of a hand around my heart in an instant. Almost two years have passed since I last hiked the humble mountain known as Sleeping Giant situated behind the town of Kapaa on Kauai. And it shows. Read More
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Lens Revealed Again

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
The wood finally came down. After a year-and-a-half behind a dome of plywood, the Kilauea Point Lighthouse lens is once again visible through its glass lantern room. Read More
A Weekend on Napali: Part Three

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
The camp kitchen had been set up. My tent was barely pitched and not a grain of sand had yet found its way into my sleeping bag when the two botanists geared up, both in long sleeved shirts, long pants and hats, and both toting bulging backpacks. Both, too, wearing studded tabi boots, a kind of Japanese fishing sock meets golf shoe that, apparently, is footwear de rigueur for botanists. I would soon learn why. Read More
The Quiet Force Behind Lawai International Center

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
There are some people blessed with the poise of the Dalai Lama. They go through life exuding peace, not even Hurricane Irene could ruffle their feathers. I know two people, both women, like this. Whenever I think about adopting a more peaceful demeanor in my life, I think of Helen and Lynn. Read More
Another Friday Afternoon at Kilauea Point

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
It’s just another Friday afternoon at the refuge, and I am blogging from “Birdville,” a.k.a. Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. The skies overhead are clearing, after a surprising squall provided a bit of cloud clover and respite from the hot sun. Not enough rain fell to clean the windshield, much less soak the soil outside the wedge-tailed shearwater burrows and leach its nourishing bird guano deep into the ground. Funny how Hawaii skies sneak up on you like that. Read More
Zipline Thrills: Screaming Like a Rock Star in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
For some people I know, hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai makes them break into a sweat. Others I know won't even think about driving the famous road to Hana. For those people, I do not recommend ziplining. But, if you have a general respect for high places, like I do, and you like speed, like I do, then, you'll love ziplining. It's still a relatively new adventure in Hawaii. In fact, you won't even find ziplining adventures on all the islands. Read More
Koloa Sugar Produces Sweet Memories

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai
Article Source: Blog Post
Some of my favorite childhood memories include sitting at my grandpa’s feet with my brothers and cousins while the storyteller of our family shared tales of his own childhood. My grandfather’s stories of growing up in the country on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, always fascinated me. Sitting outside the Koloa Mill last week while Earl Smith and Stella Burgess talked about life on the sugar plantation, I felt like time had reeled back forty years, and I was sitting at my grandfather’s knee. Read More