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My Favorite Beaches on Maui by @DJSmook (Prt 2)

By on January 16, 2012 in Aloha Friday, Beach, Family Fun, Nature

So the blog story continues.  Hope you enjoyed the post on my favorite beaches in Central Maui.  Ever since I moved back to Kihei, I’ve always been wowed at the beautiful beaches she has to share with us.  Below are a brief synopsis on my favorite South Maui beaches.

Makena State Park (Big Beach) is one of Maui’s Premier beach parks in South Maui.  It’s a massive mile long beach park where locals and visitors can go to swim, surf, snorkel, and scuba dive.  This beach has lifeguards on post and are regularly patrolled by the Maui County Police Department’s ATV patrolmen.  This beach is one of my all time favorite beaches to go to.  There are lifeguards but they leave at or around 1700 hours (5PM) so use caution when swimming after that time.  Wave activity at this beach can change without notice.  If in doubt about conditions, please talk with either a lifeguard or the police officers.  A con of this beach is there are no showers or restrooms though.  My personal tip for you is to bring some extra large towels and water jugs so you can rinse yourself off and dry off before driving out.

 Kamaole Beach Parks I, II, and III are awesome beach parks to go to.  All are kid friendly and have full restrooms and showers available for use.  You can catch some waves on surf boards or body boards.  You can also snorkel and scuba dive there also.  Watch for Warning Flags and Signage posted.  All beaches have grills and picnic tables to use and have water spigots to clean the grills and kitchen equipment you happen to bring to the beach park.  All of these beaches have life guard stands and are regularly patrolled by the County Park Rangers and Police ATV Patrols.  When in doubt on weather and water conditions, ALWAYS feel free to ask the lifeguards on duty on what conditions are like.  After 1700 hours (5PM) there are no lifeguards on post so use caution if swimming past that time.  All in all the Kamaole Beaches are all wonderful places to go.

*  To be continued. Next post of Jake is about tips on the beach. Then also I will post about my favorite South Maui beaches since I live on this side of the island too and we have plenty to choose from.  Thank you again Jake for guest posting today. 

What is your favorite beach on Maui? Some of you already have shared, but others haven’t.  We would love to hear from you.  Write your answer in the comment section below.  Mahalo!

 

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No Way To Go But Up. Yes, This Is My Aloha Friday Post.

By on December 30, 2011 in Aloha Friday, Arts and Culture, Community

Maui Messenger

Are you ready for the new year 2012? I am!  Like what I posted on my Facebook wall the other day, I like new year because it gives us a clean slate.  And clean slate means new opportunities, a chance to grow and succeed.

The year 2011 has been a challenging one for many of us, especially in the area of finances.  Among my friends I have seen foreclosure of homes, bankruptcy, short sales, and move to the mainland because they can’t find a job here on the island.   Around the world, there are famine, calamities, disasters, wars and turmoil. But you know what? It’s not the end of the world. Not yet.  In 2011, they were also some blessings and some things we were thankful for in spite of the general hardship many of us experienced. And we want to see more blessing on 2012.

This week my friend Tricia Morris forwarded to me a link to a YouTube video of  her husband Duffy singing his original composition No Way To Go But Up.  To be honest, I didn’t find  the song/video spectacular at first, but I thought it was good – it’s encouraging and uplifting and has a nice little countryish beat to it.  The interesting thing is that I went back and watched it several times, and it grew on me. I started liking it more and more.

Duffy originally e-mailed the link of this video to about 30 of his friends.  He just wanted to be an encouragement to them through this song.  As of this writing, the video already has 230 hits on YouTube and it’s still growing.  What does that tell me? People are sharing it around.  People were being encouraged by it.  The chorus actually got stuck in my head yesterday and I found myself humming the song. Want to see the video and here the song for yourself? Here it is:

Been hard getting through these last few years
And I’m starting to get bummed out
The strain and the pain with maybe nothing to gain
And asking God just what it’s all about

There’s so many pieces to keep in place
And everyone want to get paid
The Government talks and the Big Guys get walks
While the rest of us stay afraid

(Chorus)
There’s no place to go but up
I can see it from inside out
When I stop the sighs and lift my eyes
There’s no place to go but up
There’s no place to go but up
I can see it from inside out
When I stop the sighs and lift my eyes
There’s no place to go but up

Housing’s still broke and folks out of work
The weather seems out of control
The Mid East is shaking, Japan is quacking
Big business is still on a roll

Finally now we’re starting to see
How the oil fiasco can end
With wind and fuel cells, geo and sun shells
We’ll make energy our best friend

(Musical Break)

Maybe, just maybe countries will see
That cooperation is key
And then we can focus with no hocus pocus
To fulfill our Destiny

(Chorus – 1st time and 2nd time instrumental solo and fade)
There’s no place to go but up
I can see it from inside out
When I stop the sighs and lift my eyes
There’s no place to go but up
There’s no place to go but up
I can see it from inside out
When I stop the sighs and lift my eyes
There’s no place to go but up

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So there you go folks, let us look up this coming 2012.  Up is where we’re heading, right?  Are setting goals or doing a bucket list for the coming year? What is that one thing that you hope to accomplish next year?  I know you may have several, but please share at least on on the comment section of this Aloha Friday Post.  My one thing? I will “run” regularly – at least once a week but would aim to do more.  I know it’s not a financial goal, but believe me, it’ll help: less stress, more healthy, more room for creativity.  Now it’s your turn to share. Aloha!

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