HAWAII

Many years ago (in 1991), I had built up enough frequent flier miles to go to Hawaii.  Darren, his Dad, and I all flew to Washington, D.C. when I was younger.  If I remember right, they had some deal, like get triple the flight fund miles for traveling then or something.  Anyway, somehow or other, I built up the miles.  However, even though the flight was free, I was too broke to do the trip AND none of my friends could afford to go either.  My Dad was cool enough to offer and so we both went to Hawaii.  It was a great trip.  We stayed in Oahu, Hawaii.  We did all the tourist stuff.  We rented a convertible Mustang and went and hiked up Diamond Head mountain where there are still World War II pill boxes, we went to the Arizona Memorial, we went to an authentic Polynesian dinner, we went to the Dole pineapple plantation, we went to different beaches, etc.  I even talked Dad into taking an island hopper plane and we flew to the big island of Hawaii.  We took an island tour that was great.  We saw half the island which included a tour of a coffee plantation, and best of all, an active volcano.  Anyway, check it out...




That's Dad with the convertible Mustang.  It was a fun car to have in sunny Hawaii!

This is me after having hiked up Diamond Head.  There is a cool view up there.  Behind me on the right is a WWII pillbox.




That's Dad with the same view




We spent a fair amount of time at this beach, but I can't remember its name.   It has a big natural reef, so the snorkeling is pretty cool!




Hawaii is known for its nice beaches!




This is one of those blow holes.  I had to wait for the wave to slam into the rocks to time this shot.  The water goes under and then shoots out that hole, sort of like a whale's blow hole.




This, of course, is the Arizona Memorial.  You can see part of the sunken ship sticking out of the water in front of the memorial where it was sunk by the Japanese in WWII.



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