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S: OUR TRIP TO HAWAII

BC: ALOHA

FC: HAWAII

1: DOWNTOWN WAIKAIKAI | WE WERE SO EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME WE GOT TO HAWAII, BETWEEN BEING AT THE AIRPORT SO EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THE LONG FLIGHT WITH THE 4 HOUR TIME CHANGE. MATT WAS IN PORT FOR THE NAVY WAR GAMES, AND CAME AND MET US AT OUR HOTEL. WE WALKED DOWN TOWN AND HAD LUNCH AND SIGHT SEEN FOR THE AFTERNOON | DIAMOND HEAD

3: WAIKAIKAI BEACH | SUSIE AND DIANNE

4: SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT....

5: INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE

6: INTERNATIONAL | MARKET PLACE | ERIN AND SUSIE

7: SHORE BIRD RESTAURANT | THE SHOREBIRD RESTAURANT IS LOCATED ALONG THE WAIKAIKAI BEACH FRONT. ITS A COOK YOUR OWN FOOD ON A HUGE GRILL. | COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF | WHAT A GREAT ATMOSPHERE

8: PLANTEUR | ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE PALACE, WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE COVERED UP (IN WHITE) IS WHERE QUEEN LILI'UOKALINI WAS IMPRISONED IN HER BEDROOM

9: IOLANI PALACE | THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF HAWAII DIDN'T LIVE TO BE AGE 40. THEY BELIEVED TO KEEP THERE BLOOD ROYAL THEY SHOULD MARRY THERE BROTHERS AND SISTERS

10: THE ROYAL MOSOLEUM WAS BUILT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY ROOM AT THE IOLANI PALACE TO BURY THE HIGH CHIEFS OF HAWAII | ROYAL MOSOLEUM

11: SO THE QUEEN ORDERED ALL THE HIGH CHIEFS TO BE MOVED OFF THE GROUNDS OF THE IOLANI PALACE AND BROUGHT TO THE MOSOLEUM. THIS WAS DONE AT NIGHT. | KAWAIAHAO CHURCH | SAUSAGE TREE

12: PALI HIGHWAY

13: LOOKOUT

14: QUEEN EMMAS SUMMER HOME | HAWAII CHRISTMAS TREE

15: HAWAIIAN CEMETARY | HAWAIINS LEAVE FOOD AND ALCOHOL FOR THERE DEAD. THEY HAD TO MAKE IT A LAW THAT THEY COULDN'T LEAVE UNOPEN ALCOHOL BOTTLES BECAUSE OF TEENAGERS GOING THERE AND DRINKIG THEM

17: KAPENA FALLS | WE WENT ON A SIGHT SEEING TOUR TO SEE THIS HIDDEN WATERFALL WHICH ENDED UP BEING LOCATED IN THE CITY BEHIND SOME BUILDINGS AND THE WATERFALL HAD GRAFITTI ALL OVER THE ROCKS.

18: WE HAD ALOT OF FUN ON THE NORTH SHORE | NORTH SHORE | CRAB

19: WE WENT AND HAD ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS SNOW CONES WITH THE ICE CREAM IN THE BOTTOM. IT WAS SO GOOD

20: NORTH SHORE

21: LIFE IS GOOD

22: THE | ERIN HAD A BLAST CATCHING THE WAVES

23: PIPELINE

24: QUEENS WOULD COME TO THIS SACRED PLACE TO GIVE BIRTH TO THERE BABIES | BIRTHING ROCKS

25: NATIVE HAWAIANS BRING FLOWERS TO THIS SACRED PLACE

26: DOLE

27: PLANTATION

28: WE HAD PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM AT THE PLANTATION

29: RAINBOW TREE | ERIN | MATT | DOLE PLANTATION

30: FIRE DANCER

31: TREE CLIMBER

35: POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER

37: SKYLER AND AUNT SUSIE

38: POLYNESIAN CULTURE CENTER

40: pig is cooked in the ground wrapped in banana leaves | LUAU

41: HANGIN LOOSE

42: SKYLER AND AUNT ERIN

43: FLOWERS OF HAWAII

45: TIDE POOLS | ALOT OF FISHERMAN ARE LOST EVERY YEAR, WHEN A TIDE COMES IN AND SWEEPS THEM OUT TO SEA

47: TIDE POOLS

50: WAIMIA FALLS

51: PUPUKEA BEACH

52: PUPUKEA BEACH

54: ITS THE LITTLE THINGS | PUPUKEA BEACH

55: TURTLE BAY

56: family

57: 4th of july

58: HARD HAT AREA

59: THE UTAH

60: USS ARIZONA

63: THE MISSOURRI

64: NAVY

65: RIMPAC | NAVY WAR GAMES

66: USMC | MEMORIAL

67: MAUI

68: MORE SHOPPING

70: WE SEEN ALOT OF DOLPHINS

71: MAUI ADVENTURE CRUISE

72: WE SNORKELED WITH TURTLES | DIANNE DID GREAT SNORKELING. SHE IS SCARED OF WATER, AND WITH SOME COAXING FROM ONE OF OUR TOUR GUIDES WHO WAS A MARINE BIOLOGIST, SHE HELPED HER TO RELAX ENOUGH TOGET INTO THE WATER. ONCE SHE WAS IN, SHE HAD THE A BLAST.

73: SNORKELING

74: LANAI

75: THE BEAR | INSIDE THIS CAVE IS A ROCK THAT LOOKS LIKE A BEAR

76: LAVA ROCK

77: HAVING A BLAST IN MAUI | RAFTING TOUR

78: WE GOT TO SNORKEL IN AREAS THAT ARE USUALLY NOT AVAILABLE, BUT BECAUSE OF A VERY LOW TIDE THEY WERE HAVING THAT WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO. WE SEEN ALOT OF COOL FISH. | SOME SNORKELERS IN OUR GROUP SEEN A REEF SHARK, AND ONE LADY GOT STUNG BY JELLY FISH

79: SUSIE HAD A LITTLE BARACUDA THAT WAS TORMENTING HER WHILE SHE WAS SNORKELING. IT KEPT SNIPPING AT HER

80: ROAD TO HANA

81: \MAUI RAIN FOREST

82: HANA

83: COAST LINE

84: WATERFALLS ALONG THE ROAD TO HANA

85: B | LACK SAND BEACH

86: ONE LANE BRIDGES

87: HONOKALANI CEMETARY

93: ERIN | SUSIE

94: BLACK SANDS | BEACH

95: FLASH FLOOD?

96: MAUI WATERFALLS

99: MOTHER AND DAUGHTER