Post #787275 by danlovestikis on Wed, May 30, 2018 6:57 AM

Hamo I think I missed your message. Thank you. I hope they had a great time.

MaukaHale we did that too decades ago as well. We actually saw the original Ink Spots that way. They were all in their 80's. We heard two songs and then they took a break. Dan went up and spoke with them. He had and has all their albums and told them this and they discussed his favorite songs. It was such a joy.

Now when the sun goes down we are safely in our room.

hang10tiki same hotels and many of the same spots. But I no longer hunt for tikis to photograph. I just use yours!

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Our 40th anniversary trip to Oahu, Hawaii continues as does our colds. We are doing our best to view the island from the car and to walk through gardens. Here are our last few days.

We went for a drive and above us was an ultralight. So high there was no engine noise.

We drove between lava flows. Pahoa on the Big Island has roads under thick lava flows with no end in sight.

You can't tell but the cold is raging on. We found a restaurant called Zippy's that we had been to 12 years before.

If you sit in the back you have this view.

The food is fine, the view is really good.

Back to the hotel. There are parrots to view in the hotel gardens.

The next day our outing was to La Mariana. Our dream had been to meet Gecko, his family and Freddie here but we can't talk without coughing fits so we went for a quiet lunch. We got there when they opened and left before it filled.

Yelp has the food rated at 4.5 of 5 stars and we agree with them. We had an excellent meal. I lived it up with Hawaiian Punch. Nope no spiking my drink. I take it straight.

We spent a lot of time at Hilo Hatties in the past. It was a shock to see this huge store in Waikiki closed.

The next day we went to Fosters Garden. It had changed so much since our last visit we were shocked. It was the best garden we went to on Oahu. So many flowers and beautiful walks to take. We loved our walk.

The next day we went to the zoo. Again 12 years makes a huge difference. It was a whole new zoo. We loved our time there just walking around.

On our last day we hung out at the hotel. We packed and rested for the journey home.

We visited all the parrots.

The next morning we were at the airport. I read the newspaper and then shared it with another family.

There was turbulence on the ride home. Service was stopped, overhead compartments even flew open. This one man held the plane together for an hour!

We made it home safely on May 9th. We are still coughing. We had a wonderful trip except for missing our friends. We did our best not to spread our colds to friends or strangers. Hand washing is important and hand sanitizer is second best in a pinch.

Thank you all for taking this journey with us, hugs, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2018-05-30 08:07 ]