ALOHA NUI LOA — ALL OF MY LOVE

THE STORY The great American novelist Jack London maybe put it best: “With Hawaii, it seems always to be love at first sight.” Tell me of someone who has had the good fortune to step into the Pacific paradise that is Kauai’s Hanalei Bay who has not echoed that exact sentiment. I know I have. But what is it about this place that elevates it so far above a collection of stunning vistas? Let’s go back to Jack London: “In what other land save this one is the commonest form of greeting not ‘Good Day,’ nor “How Ye Do’, but ‘Love’? That greeting is ‘Aloha’ — love, love you, my love to you.” Yes, love is the path to happiness, and I am grateful it led me here. Aloha nui loa, Hanalei Bay — I love you with all of my heart. Silver Award, Master Photographers' Int'l Image Challenge