A Few Pictures From Our Adventure
Did You Know? - Lānaʻi or Lanai (play /ləˈnaɪ/; Hawaiian: [laːˈnɐʔi] or [naːˈnɐʔi]) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānaʻi City, a small settlement. The island is somewhat comma-shaped, with a width of 18 miles (29 km) in the longest direction. The land area is 140.5 square miles (364 km2), making it the 42nd largest island in the United States. It is separated from the island of Molokaʻi by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the ʻAuʻau Channel to the east. The United States Census Bureau defines Lānaʻi as Census Tract 316 of Maui County. Its total population was 3,193 as of the 2000 census. Many of the island's landmarks and sites are located off dirt roads where four-wheel drive is required.
At The Manele Bay Resort
Manele Bay resort
Manele Bay was quite peaceful
Other islands were visible from the Manele Bay dining room
At The Lodge
Did You Know? - Lānai was first seen by Europeans on February 25, 1779, when Captain Charles Clerke sighted the island from aboard James Cook's HMS Resolution. Clerke had taken command of the ship after Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay on February 14 and was leaving the islands for the North Pacific.
By the 1870s, Walter M. Gibson had acquired most of the land on the island for ranching. In 1899, his daughter and son-in-law formed Maunalei Sugar Company, headquartered in Keomuku on the windward coast downstream from Maunalei Valley. However it only lasted until 1901. Nevertheless, many Native Hawaiians continued to live along the less arid windward coast, supporting themselves by ranching and fishing until pineapples displaced ranching.
A stroll around the Lodge was a requirement
The Lodge was a spectacular display of flowers in the greenhouse
In the gardens
The church at the Lodge
An imposing facility
The Lodge flower garden was very pretty
Around The Island
Did You Know? - In 1922, James Dole, the president of Hawaiian Pineapple Company (later renamed Dole Food Company), bought the entire island of Lānaʻi and developed a large portion of it into the world's largest pineapple plantation.
In 1985, Lānaʻi passed into the control of David H. Murdock, as a result of his purchase of Castle & Cooke.
Ricky and Debbie (Ricky is now a full Captain)
Do NOT mess with grandma Sue
Hot rod Paul
Dustin was fearless
Garden of the Gods
Pretty sparce surroundings
Shipwreck beach
Molokai from Shipwreck Beach
Wildlife everywhere
Dustin was not afraid
The water angel
Many tidepools
Another trip through the garden
Munro train here we come
The Trilogy
A visit with uncle Joe
The third hotel on the island
Did You Know? - There are two resort hotels on Lānaʻi, both managed by Four Seasons Hotels; the Four Seasons Resort Lanai and the Lodge at Kōʻele. In addition, in Lānaʻi City, there is the Hotel Lānaʻi which was built in 1923 by James Dole of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company as a lodge to house the executives overseeing the island's pineapple production. It was the island's only hotel until 1990.
The sun sets into the west