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Show Jt Unspoilt'd hind .1 The visitors come to Kipahulu quietly, solemnly Iy Phillis Providence Journal Writer The KIPAHULU, Maui, Hawaii visitors who come here come quietly, solemnly. That is just as well, for Charles A. Undbergh, in life, shunned notoriety. And he loved the unspoiled land wild, untrammeled. All his later years were devoted to conservation. The path to the little Congregational churchyard where he is buried starts at a green farm gate. There is no access by car and the walk to the headland where his grave lies 1 ,000 feet above the sea takes about a quarter of an hour. The way is rocky and coconut-strewLike as not, a ripe coconut will tumble as one passes. Horses graze in a neighboring field. Lichens and speckled ferns sprout from the black stone wall separating field from pathway. A knotty banyan puts down new roots at the church door. r IT WAS here to Kipahulu that Lindberg asked to come to spend his final months. He had always loved the solitude here; the white caps of the Pacific; the wind in the palm trees; the green pastures and black and gold sands that stud this largely undiscovered coast. He said there was no more beautiful place on earth. He had learned about Kipahulu from a fellow Pan American Airlines executive in his days there; had visited; then quickly built his own house. His privacy was respected here and his friends few pictures, look out toward Monehea Mountain in the distance, murmur at the delicacy of the Norfolk pines, reminisce a little those who are old about that day enough to remember in 1927 when Lindbergh made the first were the farmers. Charles A. Lindbergh Horn Michigan UK 12 Died Maui 1974 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts sea . C.A.L." . immortality, and then walk slowly out again to the main road, taking pains, as signs ask them to, to close all the gates behind them. , . THERE is no other marking on the flat gravestone reddened with juice from the plum tree that tosses overhead. Pebbles from riverbeds surround the stone. Up a way from it, Henry K, Mary Ann and George K. Kaelahea are buried, and Havolok Opiopio, who only lived from 1909 to 1910. Graves are simple in Hawaii, like as not just a rectangle of stones that the family has collected. In the whitewashed stone Palapala Hoomau Congregational Church where the great aviator sometimes worshipped, the Bible is in Hawaiian. There is a plain wooden cross, an organ that is in disrepair, green pews. Nothing elegant. The people of Kipahulu have built a fine stone chapel about 50 x 30 feet with a shingle roof, reads the 1862 liana Missionary Station report inside the front door. The tourists who come here snap a MISSISSIPPI QUEEN solo flight across the Atlantic. They are likely to talk about mortality, and & 433 W. Lawndale Dr., (801)486-543- SLC, Utah 84115 1 Doss Tbe Join us on a SITMAR Cruise SPECIAL DEPARTURES Trans-Pana- ma Canal Jan. 6, 1979 14 Days from 1,613.31 1 I Mexican Riviera Feb. 10, 1979 1 1 Days from 1,094.52 I t! $ t I Call Dorothy for exciting details about these personally escorted cruises. Space is limited so call early for best cabin selection FLY CRUISE The i Salt Youll fly Q FRONTIER and O CONTINENTAL round trip from Salt Lake City to New Orleans. Spend seven memorable days and nights on the luxurious overnight paddlewheel steamboat, the Mississippi Queen. Youll board in romantic New Orleans where the Mississippi Queen will take you back to a time when Steamhoatin u'as the only way to travel. We think youll agree: It still is! See Your Travel Agent For Details Do it! Give in to the urge to get away. And dont worry about getting a good deal. You will! The Travel House summer recreation packages are specially designed to offer you the most of what you want. Tennis packages from 2 days to a week with or without instruction. Golf packages from 2 days to a week with golf cart. Sun Valley ice show package for two nights with dinner. All packages include luxurious accommodations close to swimming, young adult and children's activities, night life, restaurants and mother nature. Come play1 Lake Sunday, One call arranges everything... The Travel House 24, 1978 136 South Main St Suite Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 , t 355-556- 0 V-- -- 2 00 1121 |