Panoramas

      My camera has a panorama feature that captures close to 180 degrees. It takes 20 images in strips and stitches them together in the camera. Depressing the shutter, then sweeping the landscape by turning the camera created these images. The following are panoramas from this last year starting with American Samoa and ending up in Molokai. The camera is a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1, which is not the latest version, but then neither am I. Sadie's Hotels in Pago Pago sells beautiful wide postcards from several of these images.

American Samoa

Fatu ma Futi

Beach fales, Utelei

Pago Pago Harbor from Mt. Alava

Pola Island

Vaitogi fale

scattered showers, which is why Tutuila is so green!

 Sailing San Diego to La Paz, Baja, Mexico

Si Bon on the high seas

Bahia de los Muertos

Cemetery, Turtle Bay

leaving Ballandra Bay

dry lake, Los Frailes

anchorage at Los Frailes

sunset near La Paz

calm overnight passage

Kalaupapa Peninsula, Molokai, Hawaii

Kalaupapa lighthouse

outskirts of town

one of 26 switchbacks on the cliff trail

backside Molokai from Kalawao

Kalaupapa peninsula in the background

Siloama Church, Kalawao

St. Damien's grave next to St. Philomena

St. Philomena Church, Kalawao

view of the Kalaupapa peninsula from the top of the lighthouse

topside Molokai scenes

rain forest road

boardwalk lookout

Humpback whale offshore Molokai

Maunaloa rodeo

empty stadium

corral

a year without rain

hiking above the tree line

deer country, far above Kaunakakai

wild deer

Thanks for looking. The wild places, the open ocean, trails not often traversed pull me to them. Six weeks ago I was having trouble catching my breath so I quit smoking and started hiking daily. Last week I was able to walk nine miles to the top of the mountain and back. Every sore muscle, every inch of sunburn and every stumble has been worth it. I hike with a friend or I might not make myself go. We are both over fifty and were out of shape when we started and now, we run part of the trail. Life is great! Thank you Sherry!!