Post #256085 by tikicleen on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 6:47 PM

i know we have already said it, but we want to thank everyone so MUCH for coming out this way and experiencing the hooptylau. it's the people that really make this hoopty event rock, and we enjoy all of the creativity brought each year by all of you. i also want to send out a superbigsquishy mahalo to my friend chongolio (aka; lil' manila) for being a stud and helping me a tremendous amount. big thank you also to vic and cheryl for the wonderful day we had sunday, to tikihula for dem guns and holsters, and to thejab for pointing me in the right direction for the hawaiian western music (i gotta cd with your name on it dean!!!) :)

also, it was totally great to finally meet quickiki, kingstiedie & sandy, tiki-kate, and moondog. i may have been really out of it sunday, but mr. kingstiedie thankfully wore bright colors which helped lift me out of my fogginess. :wink: it was cool to be in the presence of tiki-kate, tikihula and kings who have monster-like rare tiki collections. i just wish i could have participated more in the discussions!

first stop, on-lock sam

ray in action at on-lock sam. this guy has great stories to tell about all the big players back in the day involved with the islander. just dont let him drink you under the table...

when cameras are left unattended.

when cameras are left unattended, part deux.

vixen, hat, congamike, and jungletrader

moondog, mrs. tikihula, tikihula, and mai tai

the hat, schmama lama, and humu

in the rental van heading to pollardville.

gunslinger mai tai shoots rum into tikihulas mouth? face? eyes?

the chicken kitchen rail road train!

tiki-kate and al

our engineer

it was a bumpy ride

pollardville's ghost town, the set of big country

those darn avid tiki magazine readers!

there was some really great big hair at the hooptylau:

miss coco loco

and miss humuhumu

then we dined inside the chicken kitchen...

the lone tiki left from the stockton islander

mr. and mrs. tikihula were true hawaiian cowboys!

the infamous covered wagon within the chicken kitchen.

the dark marq

cocoloco, schmama lama, and humu

tikivixen and paranoid123

moondog, mrs and mr tikihula

drunken hat and conga mike

somehow, i did not take any pictures at the tiki lounge, but it was packed due to the anniversary party of coming out as a gay bar. onward to minnie's!

moondog, chongolio, conga mike, and mai tai crash the '86 reunion at minnie's! (a time honored tradition)

the congas were very 1970's. i love denise's secret about her outfit! :)

chonogo's boar impression

kiss the muscle!

hula hula and josie. i love josie to pieces, but she put the hurtin' on me with her heavy pour.

humu and schmama

bill and tikivixen

conga mike, al, cocoloco and tiki-kate, with jungle trader hanging out in the background.

al, humu and tikivixen

apparently at some point during the night, i felt it was necessary to do many close-up pictures.

cowboy jungletrader

the sober drunken hat

lil' manila

the only proof that limptiki WAS in fact at hoopty.

mai tai, paranoid and al

peter (owner of minnie's) gives some love to vic

mai tai contemplating the food of england and the quicksand.

and of course, we had the inevitable minnie's boar pictures.

kiss the muscle!

first ever "boar view" photo shoot

um...yeah.

aloha! :drink: