No Thanks, I’ll Watch

Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui

There are a number of professions I have always been thankful to not have experienced. Anything requiring a safety harness or hard hat would fall into that category. Climbing trees with a machete hanging from my belt would double my resolve!

Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui

One day at our hotel we received notice that a crew would be trimming the palm trees the next day. As it turned out, they started working right outside our room as we were enjoying our morning coffee. It was interesting to watch, but I wasn’t about to consider a return to the work force.

Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui
Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui
Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui
Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui
Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui
Tree trimmers trimming the palm trees at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui

8 thoughts on “No Thanks, I’ll Watch”

  1. No way! Not gonna return to the workforce either, even if they offered me free apple fritters on Fridays. My work now a days is with my photography for fun, coffee shop excursions for fun, journaling for fun, reading for fun and snacking too much. Great series of images to show the risk they take. I’m still shaking from the video.

    1. They look a little “scalped” when first trimmed but once they’re all done it looks pretty normal. We also learned that part of what the trimming does is prevent the trees from producing coconuts, which can have a potentially adverse result when they fall on unsuspecting tourists!

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