Plastic Trees

Jenny and Chris trying to decide where to go

We finally got to do some real adventuring on Lanai. Until we arrived on Lanai, we have been roaming around on islands that one or all of us is familiar with. Lanai was not this way. None of us really knew what would be fun to do, or where would be good to go, so we loaded up in the Jeep and went exploring…

It's tough to be a guy in a car full of girls

It didn’t take us very long to take a wrong turn, which is actually kind of pathetic given the fact that Lanai has like one main road. As we began to realize that we were not on the right road, we also began to notice that something about the scenery was not quite right. There were beautiful, dramatic cliffs, with rocks just off the coast, with red dirt, green trees and bright blue water. In amongst all of the scenery were thousands of plastic bags. They were all stuck in the trees, blowing in the wind. It was like looking at a field full of the most depressing Christmas trees that you can possibly imagine.

Bag anyone?

It was a sobering sight for us because we have been so fortunate to be able to see all of the beautiful things that we have seen so far, and this area was just as beautiful underneath all of the plastic. I guess all I have to say about it is that the plastics problem exists. It isn’t just something that is made up, or is being blown out of proportion. We have more photos to post later, but for now, if you are at the store and are debating about whether or not you need a plastic bag, it may be convenient in the short term, but most of those bags don’t end up where you think they will.