Judy on Pun'kin

Judy on Pun'kin
North Rim, Grand Canyon

Monday, March 26, 2012

Ni'ihau with the cousins




We flew to the fairytale island of Ni’ihau. Next to rainy Kauai, Ni’ihau is dry with no plentiful water source. The undisturbed beaches have endangered monk seals, shells, stretches of sand and turquoise waters. We traveled by helicopter around the island to see some of the places my grandmother stayed. We went eel hunting and watched curling waves and seals at play, ate a picnic lunch, and climbed a hill up dry lava and scrub brush to see the island view. There was a swarm of sharks we flew over, and bowhead whales in the distance, traveling back to Alaska. When you see a pristine island of such beauty, think of the North Slope of Alaska and the people fighting to save it unspoiled.

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