I’ve been lucky in this life to have numerous visits to Hawaii along with living there for several years. My first visit to Hawaii was enroute to Guam and Micronesia. I was able to delay at my waypoint in Honolulu, tour Oahu, and island hop to the big island. Years later, I moved to Hawaii, got married on a secret beach, honeymooned on Maui, and had a family vacation on the big island. During my life on Oahu, I planned a backpacking trip to Kauai, made the arrangements, and waited at the airport. Unfortunately, Aloha Airlines was going out of business and failed to get me to Kauai. My time living in Hawaii ended and I moved to Tennessee never having visited Kauai. A couple years later my luck returned. As an instructor for a military
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