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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #200 on: May 31, 2015, 10:53:48 PM »
Absolutely. There was a thread here a while ago discussing this in detail as well.

ETA: Here's that thread.
Thanks that thread looks very helpful I will deffinetly take a look... Also still wondering are those skills you picked up yourself... Or did you take some kind of course/lessons..?

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #201 on: May 31, 2015, 10:54:40 PM »
Thanks that thread looks very helpful I will deffinetly take a look... Also still wondering are those skills you picked up yourself... Or did you take some kind of course/lessons..?

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #202 on: May 31, 2015, 10:58:32 PM »
No lessons, just lots and lots of reading, watching, and practice.
That's amazing.. I always wanted to pick up that skill but I thought I would need to sit through a bunch of lessons.

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #203 on: May 31, 2015, 10:59:39 PM »
As do I ;D ;D ;D...
Can't even imagine how the hopper and ROR would have been with you...
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #204 on: May 31, 2015, 11:01:54 PM »
Can't even imagine how the hopper and ROR would have been with you...

ROR seems like a photography mecca. The Hopper OTOH... I'd love to do it for the sheer craziness, but I didn't get the impression that it was very interesting photographically.

Maybe the rest of your TR will prove me wrong.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #205 on: June 01, 2015, 12:18:47 AM »
First off, i don't think i'm even going to look at the pictures we took, and will just take yours.

Second, i found that when you got behind someone on a one-lane drag, just speed along right behind them for fear of having to reverse for oncoming traffic. Almost to gain as much ground as you can before the almost inevitable happens.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #206 on: June 01, 2015, 12:28:36 AM »
First off, i don't think i'm even going to look at the pictures we took, and will just take yours.

ALOL

No excuses  ;)

Second, i found that when you got behind someone on a one-lane drag, just speed along right behind them for fear of having to reverse for oncoming traffic. Almost to gain as much ground as you can before the almost inevitable happens.

What fun is there in driving these roads if you're constantly in fear of meeting oncoming traffic? I'd often slow down long enough for the guy in front of me to get our of sight before I moved on, just so it could be a more relaxed experience.

I don't even know if your plan would work. Suppose you're behind a guy and you both meet oncoming traffic? The accepted practice in Hawaii is for the guy going uphill to reverse. In such a case, you'd both have to reverse...

Also,the only place where there is a real risk of having to back down a mountain is on the west side. On the RTH - both halves - even the one-way stretches have pullouts literally every couple of feet. This means that you'd be able to continue driving at him and still have a chance to pull into the side in time.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #207 on: June 01, 2015, 12:46:32 AM »
Amazing TR!!!
The way home was uneventful?

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #208 on: June 01, 2015, 12:49:57 AM »
Amazing TR!!!
The way home was uneventful?

Pretty much. 752 F to LAX, lie-flat 763 J to JFK. Tiny footwells and terrible KSML, the works :D.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #209 on: June 01, 2015, 12:50:41 AM »
Pretty much. 752 F to LAX, lie-flat 763 J to JFK. Tiny footwells and terrible KSML, the works :D.
Looks like that part didn't make it to the TR....

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #210 on: June 01, 2015, 12:54:13 AM »
I'd often slow down long enough for the guy in front of me to get our of sight before I moved on, just so it could be a more relaxed experience.
+1
I do that all the time on scenic drives.

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #211 on: June 01, 2015, 02:39:39 AM »
Awesome TR! Love the pics :D
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #212 on: June 01, 2015, 07:22:30 AM »
Great stuff. But really, we need some photography DO's
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #213 on: June 01, 2015, 08:08:09 AM »
Suction-cupped on the left side-view mirror:


Firstly-Thanks for an awesome tr-cant wait get there one day!!! Second, I bought the same suction mount for my go pro and I thought they said it mounts to any smooth flat surface-I tried mounting it to the plastic flat surface above the center dashboard and it just would not stick-have you ever heard that it does not stick to plastic or am I doing something wrong??

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #214 on: June 01, 2015, 08:58:41 AM »
ALOL

No excuses  ;)

What fun is there in driving these roads if you're constantly in fear of meeting oncoming traffic? I'd often slow down long enough for the guy in front of me to get our of sight before I moved on, just so it could be a more relaxed experience.

I don't even know if your plan would work. Suppose you're behind a guy and you both meet oncoming traffic? The accepted practice in Hawaii is for the guy going uphill to reverse. In such a case, you'd both have to reverse...

Also,the only place where there is a real risk of having to back down a mountain is on the west side. On the RTH - both halves - even the one-way stretches have pullouts literally every couple of feet. This means that you'd be able to continue driving at him and still have a chance to pull into the side in time.
Yea, was really only the west side where there are some rough stretches. Truthfully, we barely saw any cars and only had an issue after turning around by the construction. We (about six cars) actually had to reverse backup the mountan at one point, but wasn't too bad.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #215 on: June 01, 2015, 09:20:47 AM »
Firstly-Thanks for an awesome tr-cant wait get there one day!!! Second, I bought the same suction mount for my go pro and I thought they said it mounts to any smooth flat surface-I tried mounting it to the plastic flat surface above the center dashboard and it just would not stick-have you ever heard that it does not stick to plastic or am I doing something wrong??

Dashboards generally have a slight texture to them. I haven't seen this suction cup work on any yet.

When I keep it inside, I put it on the windshield.
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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #216 on: June 01, 2015, 11:54:01 AM »
Wow, Mr. Fishy. Thank you so much! I think something that goes unnoticed is your knowledge. Not only can you grab these amazing photos, you always always know what you're looking at. Your research into the locations you visit shows through in your TRs. I can't wait to go, but I will most likely just be ogling and hoping for a few awesome photos and not capturing basically the entire island in pictures/GIFs. :)

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #217 on: June 01, 2015, 01:21:22 PM »
Unreal TR, this should go MS IMO.

I wish I had a gopro now for my Hana trip, Corvette going 90mph on the road after Hana would probably make some neat videos :)

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #218 on: June 01, 2015, 02:23:09 PM »
Unreal TR, this should go MS IMO.

I wish I had a gopro now for my Hana trip, Corvette going 90mph on the road after Hana would probably make some neat videos :)

Thanks for all the time you put into this truly amazing!
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Deffinetly MS material IMHO

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Re: Something Fishy's Maui and Lanai Trip Report, Courtesy of Delta
« Reply #219 on: June 01, 2015, 05:49:54 PM »
Dashboards generally have a slight texture to them. I haven't seen this suction cup work on any yet.

When I keep it inside, I put it on the windshield.
I ended up putting it on the windshield but it took me like 20 minutes to switch around all the pieces until I got it to be at the right angle, etc. (and even still you always see a tiny drop of the suction.....)