BIG WAVE (NOT THE BEER)
KA’ANAPALI BEACH, May 31. There is a local beer called the big wave which is pretty good. The best big wave was on the beach today, the second weekend in a row of spectacular surf with six-foot swells and spray that could be seen from restaurants even thought they do not have a direct view of the beach. SCROLL DOWN
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WHY IS THIS GUY STANDING IN THE OCEAN WITH A TRIPOD?
KA’ANAPALI BEACH, May 31–Some photographers will go to any length to get just the right shot.. What did he get, and was it worth if. Probably. He was shooting some of the tallest waves since on the West Side of Maui for a long time. Check out the next post. to see the bloggers version of what was happening. COMING IN JUNE: MY DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE REMARKABLE PEOPLE OF ALOHA with photos. 
Maui Remembers on Memorial Day
Kaanapali Beach, Maya 22–In a special ceremony at noon–the traditional time for a chant–a pule (prayer) is chanted, a conch shell is blown, and guests are invited to pick a flower, descend to the beach, and release it to the waves to remember a love one or someone who died as a hero. A dad, his son, and daughters complete the memorable event at the Marriott on Maui. In Makawao, at veterans cemetery, the fallen were remembered with the placement of 2400 leis. The heavy surf creating monumental traffic kept us from going this year. Voices of Maui Talk Story, LLC photos.
What were these people looking at on Memorial Day in Maui?
Kaanapali, May 25–It was not waves, although it might have been (see tomorrow’s post). It was a Hawaiian chanter offering a remembrance of fallen heroes on this Memorial Day as well as everyone who has passed. See the next post for more. VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC photo
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
Ka’anapali, May 21..Not really. But this morning you could see Molokai on a rare day sans clouds. VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC photo
Which is the only beach in America voted the best beach twice?
You guessed it: Kaanapali Beach entered through the Kaanapali Parkway. Bikers were Rotarians, among 18 who took a ride in conjunction with National Biking Month. Actually, Kaanapali Beach every year is the best beach but Conde Nast picks a different best breach each year, missing the point that if you are the best beach you are still the best beach before New Year’s as well as after.
TWO MESSAGES FROM MAUI OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
KAANAPALI BEACH, MAY 15. MESSAGE ONE: FEAR THE FORK, a t shirt warning about lifting your fork too often to grow fat and shorten your life, as seen on the Ka’anapali Beach path.
MESSAGE TWO: FEAR CONGRESS whose conservative members fail to fund Amtrak properly because they do not like “big government. ” In case conservatives have not noticed, big government gives Amtrak the funds to install a system that cuts train power automatically when speeding. A national safety board official said this week’s train crash would not have occurred had this system been in place. Amtrak has a been trying to add this protection system wide for many years but has not gotten the funds to complete it. It does not matter what improper actions the engineer took. The automatic system would have slowed the train.
Big government by the way also rebuilds infrastructure (including bridges that are disintegrating through lack of funding), protects our food supply when agencies have enough money do to so and keeps this country great.
Wake up Congress. Support our infrastructure and if your only decision maker is does a law help business, remember that business only thrives if it can has infrastructure to deliver its goods.
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FRED’ S GARAGE BAND GETS READY FOR UPCOMING GO FOR THE GREEN
FRED’ S GARAGE BAND TO PLAY FOR UPCOMING GO FOR THE GREEN. Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset St. Patrick’s week shindig. Click link for details.
BEERS, SLIDERS, A GAME
The blogger on his birthday.
JOYS of KAANAPALI 
