This has to be quick because it's been suuuuch a long day and i need to study for an early watchtower in the morning... but today was fabulous -- i probably said it a billion times; i was sooo excited to go whale watching today. So we pack some lunch and go down to Kona. Again, overcast. Not even a typical condition in Kona. But Kona heard Fran was coming ;) Anyhoo the clouds broke for a little while and we ended up having a very pleasant day. We boated out to Captain Cooke Memorial (i know nothing about this guy, [View Full Entry]

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We went to the north shore yesterday to hang 10 & hang out. The beaches and mountains were incredible. We stopped and viewed the Dole Pineapple Plantation & had lunch ant Romy's Shrimp Farm. Today is Diamond Head & snorkeling & more hanging out. Check out the pix. (Hint: click on view full entry to see all of the pictures.) [View Full Entry]

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I'm putting more pictures up from yesterday... maybe just because i dont have any from today :) Meeting was nice. 118 people there today. I'll get a picture of the hall later if i get a chance. Today i think we're gonna take it easy... yesterday was enough activity for a week :) As far as i know, we're going to one of the active volcanos tomorrow afternoon... i hope to get some good pictures there. Ok i'll put a few pictures up and then i'm taking a nap. Ciao! [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, We are on the beach!! Settling in and hanging out. We are going to "Hang 10" today up at the North Shore! This place is PARADISE! Check the pix from yesterday. We went to historic downtown Honolulu & had lunch at Don Ho's place. The beach pix are from our beach at Hale Koa. More soon. [View Full Entry]

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Today was very eventful. Some long-time friends of the Scotts from Oahu and California came to the big island to visit. We all decided to go down to Waipi'o Valley, most known for its breathtaking waterfalls and black-sand beaches. I think some of the pictures turned out nicely... but still no justice for a live view. They was bright blue and the water, clear to the bottom. We saw another whale from a distance - i attempted to take a picture but if i put it up, you'd think i was lying... it's so tiny. The route to the bottom of [View Full Entry]

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I'm in for just a few minutes, so i'll try to be brief. We went in service this morning - it was a sunny 74 degrees. Kathy didn't feel too well so i drove everyone... that was fun :) Everybody keeps thinking i'm a local, how bizarre? We mostly went on another sister's return visits - she had a study with someone at a law office that i joined her on. The study seemed very appreciative of her visit and gladly took a break. We talked with her for a very long time; she had a lot of thoughtful questions. Apparently, [View Full Entry]

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Ok Jeff, i have pictures for ya. The tricky part is putting them on here - hope it works :) If anybody wants the rejects (the ones that didnt make it on the journal) just let me know. I have like 867879784543 pictures of trees and like, turtles. haha.. but it was sooo beautiful!! I hope to get good pictures of volcanoes and Mauna Kea (the mountain with snow, how crazy?) and gaaah everything is so gorgeous! So today was fun. We went to a local place to get an orchid lei - nobody was there but the sign said to [View Full Entry]

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I finally arrived! The flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati went by surprisingly fast, and my gate to get on the flight to Honolulu was very closeby, so i had time to walk around before the long flight ahead. The plane seat 400 people but they said it was a little over half full. I got a window seat again, and nobody else was assigned on my row. When we had landed in Cincinnati it was snowing like crazy; they had to de-ice our plane after boarding. It was quite amusing; i took a picture, teehee. Anyway, the flight was wonderful - [View Full Entry]

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Honolulu Hawaii Hotel Honolulu is a beautiful island surrounded by beautiful beaches and great restaurants. We went to Hawaii back in 2003 for vacation and stayed at a great hotel called Honolulu Airport Hotel. We thought dining in Honolulu would be hard since every movie we saw always showed pigs on sticks being a local favorite, but oddly enough Honolulu has more vegetarian friendly restaurants than my home town. A couple places you should check out are [url= http://chefmoz.or [View Full Entry]

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I made it to Hawaii in one piece. There was only one movie on the flight, and i wasn't going to pay for a pair of head phones to watch actors pretending to play golf with lots of matrix style effects. Added photos to San Francisco post if you didn't notice, will add some of pearl harbour tomorow (assuming i get there). Bye for now! [View Full Entry]

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