Couple of weeks ago, on my way up to Modesto to a '30s swing speakeasy with Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, my wife and I stopped at the outlet stores in Tulare to get some period appropriate backseam stockings (for her, not me—though what is it with us Brits and our weird panto tradition?—I don't know) only to find that the L'eggs/Hanes/Bali store was long gone. Needless to say, you won't find any up Haines Canyon either, but the puns were bad enough I thought why not. So here ya go.
There's not much evidence of the rest of this place just past the junction of Haines Canyon and Sister Elsie trail . Cache is an octagonal biscuit tin painted to be less obvious.
Caution: It is possible to encounter significant hazards when hiking backcountry trails. Be prepared for ticks, snakes, coyotes, poison-oak, sunburn, dehydration, etc.
In the musical, Bali Ha’i is a volcanic island within sight of the island on which most of the action takes place. The troops think of Bali Ha’i as an exotic paradise, but it is off-limits – except to officers. The matriarch of Bali Ha’i, Bloody Mary, does a lot of business with the troops, and she meets Lt. Joseph Cable right after he arrives. She sings her mysterious song, Bali Ha’i, which has haunting orchestral accompaniment, to him because she wants to entice him into visiting her island. She doesn’t tell him that she wants him to meet, and fall in love with, her young daughter, Liat.