The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-03


As tour of exploration, the pilot
car trip has revealed natural beauties
on one side Of the Island alone that
are beyond the dreams of malihini or
tourist.
The little advertising to the world
that these points Of interest and at,
traction have received has been one of
the impressive facts Cleaned on the
trip. For there are canyons that rival
Colorado 3 famous Grand Canyon in
color, beauty, availability and grandeur
if not in vastness. There are water.
falls and mountain streams that equal
those of Yosemite and Yellowstone
Park. And there are many other tourist
attractions native only to the Islands
that Kauai possesses in profusiOn.
The plan of The Advertiser to explore
and describe these places is meeting
with widespread interest on the Garden
Island. %... .
This year has been the first that
travellers have made Kauai their objec-
tive to any large extent and throughout
the Island, the realization is growing
that this travel is valuable asset.
Scores of tourists have visited Kauai
this year and it was only few years
back that the records Of the Waimea
district showed one lone tourist visitor
for the season while the average dur.
ing the immediate past has not run
over dozen or so a year.
This growth is proof of the place that
Kauai will hold in the travel world
once her advantages are advertised.
The Advertiser pilot ear party thus
n. Ia laRk 90 a. In ha
promotion of these attractions to their
proper vantage points. True to the
original promise, the machine has tried
every available road and some that
could hardly be classed as available so
soon after the rainy season. #U.
In negotiating this latter class of
roads two travels records went by the
boards
Last Thursday The Advertiser pilot
ear made +" farthest up" on the Olokele
Canyon road, The next day, against
the advice of kaamainas and men ex-
perienced in the travel of the district,
The Advertiser automobile was Piloted
ten miles up over the mountains, fol-
lowing little more than horse trail, to
Pun Ka Pele, the extinct crater on
the highest edge of Waimea Canyon.
Owing to the recent heavy rain
storms which had washed away the
Pun Ka Pele Road until nothing re-
NAMED but faint signs of where 1t
had once been, motor travel TO "The
Hole of Fire" had been abandoned.
Ventursome tourists made the trip up
but -four miles by machine and Travelled
the rest of the way on horseback. (.
The road is private one, being part
of the land held by Rekaha Plantation,
Opportunity to repair it after the
storms has not been afforded and its
condition, as road, is unimaginable.
But The Advertiser Pilot Car was
taken up over this "Toad" so that
the scenic beauties at the other end
might be described from frst-hand in
formation and to show the advisable
ity of q perfectly constructed public
road to this point. As far as repairs
strSctiOn " gTkt I'll fJdd IA fairly nav
H6RtysEt t6g6s pilot car made
the trip, pick and shovel were almost
ae important as gasoline, though these
implements were used just twice due to
the durability of the Dodge machine
and the expert driving Of Pilot Dug.
gan. .t..-
The Advertiser car succeeded in
climbing not only the ten miles to the
base Of Pun KR Pele but'plOdded along
over fA bel that was hardly recog'
nizabk al method of travel for an
other hall mile on a accommodating
trip. ~ .,.' ~.
In one place FIVE foot stretch OF
road had to be built so that the motor
could navigate a wide gully. At an
other point, the trail gave way and ths
rear end of the ear sunk into the soft
earth to above the wheel hubs. PicR
and shovel were brought into play
again and few minutes Of hard worn
brought the ear out without difficulty
or damage. At another point the eal
was driven to the very edge of th'
canyon to be photographed. ."
1t was this privilege of being able
TO gaze over the awe.inspiring edge Of
Waimea Canyon that made the hare
ten;mile trip worth while. ,..s.s ~,
In like manner was the trip up the
long, hazardous, narrow road bordering
olokele Canyon repaid by scenes Of un