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Terri
& Bret went to Hawaii again to vacation with Bret's Mother, Mary, and
her friend Carolyn, visiting Oahu and the Big Island. It
was a relaxing 10 day vacation enjoying the tropical moderate temperature
and sounds of waves crashing on the beach.
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Our
usual arrival over Honolulu.
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The
Honolulu airport always has some really decorated planes on the
tarmac.
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This age old
Japanese Temple is a tourist hot-spot on the leeward side of
Oahu. For luck, you can ring a huge cast iron-bell with this huge
log on a rope and feed the goldfish the size of small whales.
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Click
on the film frames to see video of Terri Ringing a traditional
Japanese Bell
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If you
are going to live the rest of eternity in one spot, you might as well
have one with a great view.
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You
can just make out the ocean. Hope they bury you with spectacles.
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We
rented a two bedroom cottage at Bellows AFS on the Eastern side of
Oahu. Our back porch was just 30yds from the beach. We
slept with the windows open every night and fell asleep to the
crashing waves all night long.
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Bret & Terri's
Room
Mary & Carolyn
rooms
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A major
part of the beach at Bellows AFS is used as a Marine Tactical Assault
Beach.
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Mary
and Carolyn enjoy a great view from the backyard.
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The
ocean wave action against the cliff wall created a spout in which wave
water blows through.
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Click
on the film frames to see video of Blow Hole in action
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It
wouldn't be a trip to Hawaii without a visit to the famous Honolulu
Waikiki Beach with Diamondhead in the background.
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What a
great view!!! An the beach/Diamondhead background looks good
too!
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Bret
& Terri have different tactics on how to distract a Sumu
wrestler.
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It
wouldn't be a Hawaiian vacation without a Luau.
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It
wouldn't be a Hawaiian vacation without watching a sunset from the
beach.
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Mary
was desperately looking for the elusive "Shrimp Truck" and
was delighted when we finally found it.
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It
wouldn't be a trip to ... ok enough of that. However, we did
visit the Polynesian Cultural Center where they display the
"Culture" of a half-dozen or more islands of the Pacific hemisphere.
This facility is run by the Church of Latter Day Saints and sometimes
you feel that it's students have that "I am a member of a
cult" feel. The grounds were entertaining and the employees
and student actors were very, very nice. You should go at least
once. But the luau is way over-priced there.
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Mary checks out this church
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Takes a peek inside
...
Terri sneaks up behind to push Mary in
... Terri drags Mary kicking &
screaming.
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Mary's
long time military classmate Luke and his wife Rona met us for lunch
at the MCBH Officer's Club .
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While
driving around the Marine Corp Base Hawaii located at Kaneohe Bay on
Oahu, we came across a model plane fly-off over at an unused tarmac on
the airfield. Some of these were scale replicas jet models of
F-15, F-18, and the new F-22. It was cool watching these things
fly around. But some of the "RC Pilots" crashed and
smashed their planes on landing.
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F-15
Lands
F-5 Takes-Off
F-18 Lands
F-18 Taxis in
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Click
on the film frames to see video of RC plane flying
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USS
Missouri & USS Arizona
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Although sunk by a Japanese dive bomber almost 65 years ago, the
Arizona still leaks many gallons of diesel oil a day. You see
above as it floats away over to the USS Missouri. Check out the
video above of it bubbling up...
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Above
is us just hanging out around Pearl Harbor Navy base
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Carolyn
& Mary cart in thier first load of luggage!
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After
a week in Oahu, we headed over to Mary's condo on the Kona side of the
Big Island of Hawaii
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From
Mary's back yard, you can see the Keck Observatory grouping at the top
of Mauna Kae, Hawaii's tallest peak.
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If you
go to the Big Island, the volcanoes is a must see. Below is an
overview panorama of the main calderas as seen from the volcano house
built on the rim.
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The
picture below show the view from the Volcano House dining room.
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Get a
ROOM!!!! At the volcano house for $339 a night!
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A lava
tube created 20,000 years ago when a underground lava flow volcano
source stop flowing really quickly.
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Carolyn
and Terri point at the entrance to the lava tube
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More
beach and snorkeling time!
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The Waikoloa
Hilton can provide hours of entertainment for those who chose not to
snorkel.
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Alas
it is time to go home and leave this wonderful paradise again.
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Seems
the number one engine is running a little hot!
A a very gorgeous sunset later in the
flight!
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