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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>Solar Hot Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Weather</category>
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>Activism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finally had a solar hot water system installed in July, and I'm finally getting around to writing about it. 

Solar hot water is just a no-brainer in Hawaii. Electricity and propane cost 2-3 times as much as the mainland, and we probably receive 2-3 times as much solar radiation (I don't have the exact [...]]]></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>Haunted Yard</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/haunted-yard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>Kauai Style</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some neighbors a few blocks away put up a lot of house and yard decorations for most of the major holdiays. They had lots of lights at Christmas and some figures at Easter. Now they are going all out for Halloween, with a big banner that reads "Haunted Yard."

At first they only put up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Poinciana Saga</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/the-poinciana-saga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>Flora</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday was a very sad day because we had to cut down our beautiful Royal Poinciana tree. I didn't write about it before, but this is how it was blooming all through June and July:

 

 

After the flowers, the leaves started filling in with a beautiful emerald green color. But then, on August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1000 Nails</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/1000-nails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Homeowner</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we bought our house, the house inspector suggested that we strengthen the garage with hurricane ties. Even though it survived hurricane Iniki that struck Kauai on September 11, 1992, every storm is different and we thought it was a good idea. So earlier this summer we rented a nail gun to install the ties. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Electricity</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>Environment</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Another attraction at the fair was the vendor's tent where we talked to Bob from Sol Systems, a local solar electricity contractor (website currently broken). Somewhere down the line, I'd love to install photovoltaic panels all over the garage roof and get free electricity. The problem is that the panels and all the other electrical [...]]]></description>
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