On our way to: Ka'lae

We left mid morning heading south on Hwy 11 with the idea of driving to the end of South Point Road to find the southernmost point of the USA. While Key West enjoys the notoriety of being the southernmost point of the continental USA, it is not actually the REAL southernmost point.

As we are nearing the turnoff to South Point Road we notice this collapsed building.



It is a 12 mile drive south on a narrow 1-1/2 lane road which winds its way through the country side. There is not enough room for 2 cars to pass so the proticol is for both approaching vehicles to move to the shoulder, and some don't. There is a very large wind farm on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Some of the older units are being dismantled and new sections have been re-located further down the hi



Following in the footsteps of Irondad, I stop to take a photo of the local roadkill. I do not know what this is but may be a large lizard or Gecko


(it just needs a bike to complete the photo)

We finally make it to the end of the road and reach the southernmost point of the USA. The road ends at the top of a cliff with shear drops into the ocean. There is no development here, no signs to confirm your accomplishment of driving to the end of the world, and no Duval Street.



I will post a more comprehensive report after I return home. For now I am just including some sample images to keep you all satisfied.

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Tonight we attended a celebration of our friend's 50th Wedding Anniversary so we had to take our sunset pictures at the Mauna Lani Resort which is 30 miles north of Kona. All (12) of us are from Vancouver and managed to make it here for this special dinner.







Notes: Of the 3 images above; the first was taken a bit before sunset and the 3rd was taken about 10 minutes after sunset to catch the afterglow. All were handheld using a Panasonic DMC-ZS3 Lumix

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Almost forgot, my Pink Crocs also made it to the Southern Most point of the USA



Thank you for all of your previous comments during the week. I have not been able to respond to you all individually as this is my vacation and my netbook is acting up. I hope to be back to normal next week as I have to leave paradise on Saturday night, excuse the tears.