July 15, 2009

Happy Lahaina Noon



The kids have been spending the summer on campus doing day camp.

I've really liked having them around - at least a couple of days a week I get to eat lunch with them. Our paths cross a lot around campus too - they get to see me fixing things, walking around, taking pictures, painting things....

Today, instead of eating with the campers as usual, I took them out to Bob's for hamburgers, fries and a malt.

While we were there I realized that today is Lāhaina Noon for Honolulu - the day the sun passes directly overhead.

Everyplace in the tropics has a two days when the sun passes right overhead, and that's what we watched at exactly 12:37.

It's pretty cool to see shadows of things like inverted cups (above) or flagpoles just disappear....

1 comment:

Ben said...

What a treat to see the kids during the day at work.

2 questions:
(1) Bob's. Any good?
(2) 2 days a year. When's the next one?