In Kauai, Ida and I spent our time in a
little complex called the Hanalei Colony Resort. In Kauai, you
take the road North from the airport, and go all the way until the
road ends in Hanalei (Home of Puff the Magic Dragon). There you
will find the Hanalei Colony Resort. No Phones, No TV, No Radio,
and No Internet. This most northern tip of the Hawaiian islands is
the most remote spot on the planet, from any mainland. Our room's
back porch was only ten feet away from the white sand beach, and
each night we would fall asleep with the resting sounds of waves
crashing mixed with the sound of ever present rain showers.
Ida has family in Kauai, and I had a wonderful
time meeting them all. I felt jealous of their lifestyle. One
night, we all had a big "get-together". There was lots of good
food! The ladies pretty much stayed inside and talked,
After
Kauai, it was off to Oahu. We took a standard tour bus of the
capital, and Ida did allot of shopping. To me , Oahu is like a
cross of San Francisco and Las Vegas. The City never
sleeps.
In this picture, we met another uncle of Ida's,
and he treated us to a show called "The Society of
Seven".
Here we are in the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki,
where the show was, with Ida's uncle.
For me, the Highlight of the island of Oahu was
a trip to Pearl Harbor to visit the USS Arizona Memorial. But for
Ida, she enjoyed the Kodak Hula Show.
a
room in the corner of the lowest floor with no view, but it was a
nice room. While in Maui, I Biked down Haleakala (the dormant
volcano in Maui) from the peak at about 10,000 feet above sea
level. In just 35 miles, as the road goes, we reached sea level.
Later, we visited old Lahina so we could get some T-shirts from
Plant Hollywood. Ida is starting a collection. Next, we took a
whole day to travel the infamous road to Hanna in our 4-Wheel
Jeep. I loved Hanna! One of these days, I want to retire there and
sell lawn sprinklers. On the Fourth of July, we went to go see the
movie "Independence Day", and saw some real fireworks from a
romantic spot on the Beach at our Hotel. On our last day in Maui,
we went to our hotel's Luau, which was supposed to be one of the
better ones on Maui, but it rained, and they moved it indoors into
a big conference room. What a bummer!
