February 3, 2008

•  LOST on location
  
   
  I’ll log in about “Lost”.  It was very interesting for us to see this week as last week, Thursday, we went on a tour of a private ranch, Kualoa Ranch, where several portions of “Lost” have been filmed in the Ka’a'awa Valley, also called Kualoa Valley. (See Lost sign in lower right photo.) It’s on the windward (east) side of O’ahu and other films, such as Pearl Harbor, Windtalkers, Godzilla and more, have been filmed as well. This distinctive mountain range and skyline with green grassy flow in the foreground is the setting for filming the current  Radio Hill portion and from before: Hurley’s golf course and Volkswagon van zooming down the hill. It was a bright day and kind of hard having to take photos into the sun. There is quite a web site about Lost filming locations. One could spend a whole vacation just looking at these locations. It’s fun now looking at this site to see other Lost locations (without realizing) we saw in our own explorations of the island. They were only able to capture 8 episodes of the intended 16 before the writer’s strike.

  We appreciate all the tips fellow blogger, SherylShearer, gave us regarding our trip to Hawai’i. We benefited greatly from all her “Oahu advice” as well as tips on the Big Island. It was neat to take in places/restaurants she and her family enjoyed. Stay tuned for “Teddy’s Bigger Burgers” and “Top of Waikiki”. Thanks so much, Sheryl! I just noticed her blog and saw they have had snow where they live now – in Chicago.  As we have been back in Portland we have awakened to snow 3 of the last 7 days. Unusal for here!

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