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| no partners | | ALOHA - I’m in Maui, Hawaii being a tourist. It’s a pretty good job.
One of the tourist attractions on Maui is to ‘Take The Road To Hana’, on the southeast coast of Maui. The road is very narrow and has numerous switchbacks. I didn’t go on the ‘Road To Hana’ for the drive, nor to particularly see the tiny town of Hana. It’s a nice little town all right, but past Hana, to the southwest, is a very small church built in 1857, with a church cemetery adjacent to the church.
Charles Lindbergh is buried in that quiet, remote oceanside cemetery, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, and I wanted to visit his grave site. The Palapala Ho'omau Church, is very near his Kipahulu, Maui home. The family no longer owns the home.
At the age of 25, Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him but never nonstop and never alone. It was a very big deal in aviation.
More on the aviator is here: charleslindbergh.co ... ory/
Being a quiet, unassuming guy, Charles Lindbergh did not like the limelight. He actually shunned it. In his later years, he moved to the most remote part of Maui, Hawaii, to live in semi-seclusion and enjoy the natural beauty of the land and ocean. When he was near the end of his life, he chose to stay in Maui and live his remaining days there. He made all his own burial arrangements, including the inscription on his epitaph. He chose to be buried in a very modest way, in the Palapala Ho'omau Church cemetery, with only about fifteen friends and relatives in attendance. He was definitely a humble man.
And Wow - What a nice setting, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
I had an opportunity to talk with the present church/cemetery care taker, who was more than happy to share information about the church and its history.
After reviewing how to find the church etc, I noticed that there was a benchmark on the cemetery grounds that dates back to 1881. Its name is ‘KIPAHULU PROT CHURCH RESET’, named after the the area and church. Ironically, it has two datasheets related to it. The original, 1881 benchmark was purposely placed underground about 40 inches. (That was done alot back then). It was also placed 3 feet from the edge of a cliff that goes straight down 195 feet to the ocean.
Future surveyors basically refused to ‘survey’ from the benchmark, as the foliage and ground cover disguises where the actual edge of the cliff is located, making it too dangerous. Those future surveyors used reference mark 1, and even gave it its own datasheet. There’s more to the story, but that’s enough for a triplog.
The care taker said she knew where the ‘benchmark disk’ was, but actually she knew where Reference Mark #2 was located only. I believe I found the actual benchmark location, but did not venture over a sturdy fence, and did not venture near that unprotected cliff edge. The care taker was adamant that I do not ‘go over the fence’ also. Good for her.
This was an interesting and humbling day.
Enjoy the photos. - Aloha |
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
J.R.R.TOLKIEN |
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