One last Mini adventure: Ka’ena Point Satellite Tracking Station
Posted by: art in Blogging, Mini, OahuThe kids and I made one last Mini adventure today: Ka’ena Point Satellite Tracking Station.
Me, at the far point.
If you remember, about a month ago the kids and I went to ride bikes at Ka’ena Point State Park and had an awesome time. When we were doing that, I noticed some odd structures up on the ridge above the point itself — one of which looked like a giant golf ball.
Look for the golf ball.
Today, we went to that golf ball, and to pretty much all of the other stuff up there. A guy I know works up there, and offered to show us around.
The shimmering Pacific.
Nice drive. I think it’s probably less than 2000 feet climb, on a government maintained road (meaning, not so good). The drive was pleasant, but wow, from up there the view is stunning.
The drive up.
I uploaded some of what I took, here. I also made a Google Earth file, with embedded photos (here). The ocean was smooth and silky, and the clouds were breathtaking.
More of the ocean.
And the wild pigs? Cute.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:20 am
[...] the kids and I went bike riding there once before, and I’ve been on the cliffs above it when I visited the satellite tracking station in November 2008. I knew it would be a semi-flat area, with a pretty rough “road” for [...]