Can we have a rainbow contest?

[Richard D]

[Mira]

1. That is phenomenal. Rare in a lifetime shot and opportunity. I'm glad you were there.

The double lines on the ground, on the left, add a lot to this image.
One of the best rainbows posted here since I've been around. But WJMS will give you a run for it...

I'm all for a contest, I'll just have to watch from the sidelines.
Gorgeous!

[Richard D]

4. Thank you!

:-)

[Mz Pip]

2. No! Absolutely NOT!!!!

:rofl: Just kidding... That is a very spectacular shot! :applause:

Hanalei Valley on Kauai?

[Richard D]

3. Yes!

Hanalei Valley. It's the overlook just by the shopping area. I was driving out, felt a bit guilty that i'd never stopped there (I avoid scenic overlooks, especially the ones marked so) and pulled over. Within two minutes a rainbow started to form, within a couple minutes after that it turned into a double rainbow. Then rain. The last shot I took, just a minute before this one, had water spots on the filter. In the three weeks I was there it was the only rainbow I saw. I figure it was Kauai letting me know that I should come back soon. Just have to find some gigs there and I'm back.

[Mz Pip]

6. When you go back

Drive down the road on the right of the taro field and go for a hike through the bamboo forest. It's spectacular. Be sure to wear a thick layer of mosquito repellant.

Kauai is one of my favorite places. We first went there for a belated honeymoon 35 years ago. There were no resorts on the Hanalei side of the island. It was all pasture land. We stayed at Princeville which was a small condo complex then camped up at park at the top of the island.

It's changed a lot in all those decades but is still spectacular.

[Richard D]

7. You're fortunate

to have been there before it got all touristed out. It's still spectacular. I did that hike. Wondrous and tons of mosquitoes.

[Celebration]

5. Good gosh

The whole valley is lit up. This is awesome!

[elleng]

8. We should go to Scotland!

NOT down-playing Hawaii, of course!

:hi: