Entries Tagged as 'mahaulepu beach'

Malama Maha’ulepu

March 19th, 2007 · No Comments

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Koloa Town, Kaua’i

I saw this bumper sticker while shopping in Koloa Town and didn’t know what it meant. I took a photo and later on asked Dallas, but he didn’t know either. Just now I looked it up online and found out that Malama Maha’ulepu is an advocacy group who is trying to save Maha’ulepu beach and turn it into a preserve so that developers can’t put condos or a resort on it. But the land is privately owned by Grove Farm Company, which is Steve Case’s company, so I’m not sure what they can really do. Also, Dallas’ friend Marissa is a Vice President at Grove Farm. And also, Maha’ulepu beach is the “secret” beach where we’ve been going the last few visits. It’s known that you have to drive through private land to get to the beach and I knew the land was Steve Case’s, but didn’t really put it together right away. Funny how things are all inter-connected.

There’s a lot more online about Maha’ulepu and Grove Farms and people suing Steve Case, if you’re interested.

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Gillin’s Beach, Kaua’i

March 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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Gillin’s Beach, Kaua’i

On our first full day in Kaua’i, Dallas and John went to golf the Kiele Course at Kauai Lagoons Golf Club. Susan, Caroline, Carrie, Tammy and I went to Costco and Big Save to stock up the condo for the week. Normally, we’d just have gone to Big Save, but only because the Costco just opened in the fall and didn’t exist before. We thought, “why get a regular-sized bottle of rum when you can get a Costco-sized bottle of rum?” … and other stuff too. With 10 or more people staying in the condos, we could use some Costco-sized groceries.

We stopped back at the condo to put things away, pack a small lunch, make some drinks, and change into our bathing suits, then it was off to Gillin’s Beach. Gillin’s is part of Mahaulepu Beach and is also the beach we discovered and went to a couple times the last time we were in Kaua’i. I like it so much. It’s so pretty and there’s always hardly anyone there.

After the beach, we met back up with Dallas and John to drink some Steinlager around the hot tub at our condo before going to dinner.

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