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	<title>A Kauai Blog</title>
	<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog</link>
	<description>Living and hiking on the island of Kauai</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Powerful Message</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/powerful-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Tourism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Gabriel Talyor recently had a strong and beautiful letter to the editor waiting to be published by the Garden Island newspaper. It has been circulating around the island already on various email lists.


A slender young woman placed a sprouted coconut on the table, sat down in front of the microphone, introduced herself, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costco is Ugly</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/costco-is-ugly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Uncategorized</category>
	<category>Development</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's always surprising when construction goes so fast that you find familiar places changed nearly overnight. We shop at Kukui Grove Mall at least every other week, so last time I was shocked to find the view of the mountains now blocked by the Costco under construction.




The ugly containers in the foreground belong to Kmart, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Reply to Bill</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/open-reply-to-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/open-reply-to-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>California</category>
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Kauai Style</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill just wrote to me:

My wife and I have been envious of your ability to make the transition from mainlander to islander.  [...] But we have to ask, how were you able to do it?!  We have looked from afar at the property listings and they are outrageous even for modest properties.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Kayaking</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ocean-kayaking/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ocean-kayaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Kayaking</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ocean-kayaking/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we finally had the chance to take our kayak out in the ocean, although we didn't go very far. 




The ocean is much rougher in the winter, although the south shore only had 0-2' (0-60cm) waves predicted, which our kayak can handle. But we weren't counting on the wind blowing 10-20 knots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Koloa Town Torn Down</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/old-koloa-town-torn-down/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/old-koloa-town-torn-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Development</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/old-koloa-town-torn-down/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again in Koloa for an ice cream after an afternoon of snorkeling back in December, I was saddened to see that they finally began tearing down the old Koloa town. This photo, taken from the "terrasse" of the Lappert's ice cream shop, shows all that's left of the cottages in the third picture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real, Old Koloa Town</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-real-old-koloa-town/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-real-old-koloa-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>History</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the way back from Poipu, we always tend to stop at the Lappert's Ice Cream shop in Koloa Town. They are located in "Old Koloa Town," a row of old wooden buildings on the main street that were once local businesses and are now quaint tourist shops. While I do recommend them as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration from the Mainland</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/immigration-from-the-mainland/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/immigration-from-the-mainland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Tourism</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/immigration-from-the-mainland/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The continual flow of mainlanders moving to Hawaii is a hot-button issue on the islands. Many local residents, those born here and those who moved here a long time ago, feel the aloha spirit is eroding as more and more people want to share it.  A recent article in the Pacific Business News out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wailua Beach</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/wailua-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/wailua-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Beaches</category>
	<category>Development</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/wailua-beach/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are photos of the beach that Sonja and I go to most often because it is the closest to our house. It's about a mile away, just across the main highway. We used to walk there, but sometimes we go at lunch and take the car to go quicker.

Looking left:

 

Looking right:

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brush Fire Extinguished</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/brush-fire-extinguished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Environment</category>
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Journalism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fire was mostly out by Monday morning, but hot spots were still burning on Tuesday, probably the larger wood that caught near the ridge. Today crews were still extinguishing the last of the smoldering piles. I went to the edge of the field near the marina today and saw a crew coming back and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Eye of the Beholder</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>California</category>
	<category>Development</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often wonder what it that attracts people to Kaua`i, what makes them vacation here and then want to move here. Of course it's exotic, but what is hiding behind that word? Kaua`i is tropical, not cold, very different from the mainland, and I think that difference is the natural beauty of the landscape. Not [...]]]></description>
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