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MV Rapture in Kealakekua Bay |
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The Rapture is the summer home of the "Waterman Academy", a program for troubled teenagers similar in concept to "Outward Bound". It has shown up in the bay twice this winter, apparently on charter. |
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MV Rapture, longer shot showing Captain Cook monument. The industrial-looking complex down the hill is the Kona-Pacific Co-operative coffee mill. |
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Bananas. We have LOTS of bananas. |
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The pineapple plants have begun developing fruit - 4 so far. |
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Mangos. These are from the first "set" of fruit, about a month ago - the tree has more flower spikes on it now, and we hope to get more fruit from those. |
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Papayas. This tree is a "volunteer", from a seed dropped by (probably) a bird. We have planted some more papaya trees that should be producing next year. |
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