Kauai, Hawaii
More flowers:
Bird of Paradise
Lily
Traveled up to Waimea Canyon one day.
Had the good fortune to be invited to attend an old friend of the family's wedding. Tom's best friend from Hilltop (Nate) was wed to his lovely bride Sequoia at the top of Waimea Canyon.
Us with Nate's mom, Karen.
Nate with proud Mom and Grand.
Lastly some coastal scenes from here in Poipu.
And, we visited Kilauea Lighthouse
Flowers
Just hanging out at the pool the other day, I took a moment to appreciate some of the "plantings" around the area. Just one of the reasons we keep coming back:
And, of course, there are our "other" friends.
And loud frogs keep you up at night.
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Spam Jam in Waikiki
When in Hawaii, always try to take in the local culture. Spam Jam, 2023 was held on Saturday afternoon blocking off several blocks of Kalakaoa Ave on Waikiki. In case you were un-aware, SPAM is very popular here in Hawaii.
You can eat, of course. Here are tubs full of Spam Musubi (fried spam slice, surrounded by sushi rice, and wrapped in a Nori wrapper).
You can purchase your commemorative merch: T-shirts, hats, hoodies..
You can have your local beverage. (Not SPAM flavored by the way.)
We chose to host the boys for supper at our Condo.
Illikai Marina Condo - Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
Made it out to Honolulu, after a couple of long travel days. Bangor - Philadelphia - Phoenix, overnight. Day 2 up at 4:30am (PST) and 6-1/2 hr flight to Honolulu, but were rewarded with some nice views from our Condo at Waikiki.
Looking West toward Bank District and Pearl Harbor.
Looking East toward Hilton Hawaiian Village, and Waikiki Beach
Looking South over the Marina
Spent late afternoon with Ben and his Alapa Hoe Canoe Club, paddling outrigger canoes, Tom has been joining in.
6 person outriggers. Ben is in the red shirt.
Tom (black shirt) is now 2 seats behind Ben.
Canoeing at sunset.
Exhausted after a hard practice.
Hard work, Ben is in the #2 seat, Tom is in #4.
