The Rising sun on Haleakala

August 16th 2013
Geo: 20.9288, -156.694We left the condo at 3:00am this morning to start our sight seeing. Why so early? We were off to see a sunrise on the summit of Haleakala . It's a crater where you ascend 10, 023 feet above sea level on the world's largest dormant volcano. The Hawaiians recognize the mountain as a religious sight. Most people today drive up to the summit in predawn darkness to w ... read more

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Richard Ostrowski

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My job experience involved work in the construction and design area for highway transportation, working 32 years with MDOT and the past 13 years as Senior project Engineer with SME. After 45 years of work in various capacities providing geotechnical evaluation, road construction, and construction materials quality assurance testing I recently started a new phase of my life in retirement. My interests now revolve around more family activities, my six grand children,traveling and cycling.I have completed two cross country biking tours from Pacific to Atlantic and bicycle touring through 40... full info

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