When you hear the word "Hawaii", the first thing that comes to mind is...

Sunshine and how she threw hand grenades into our lives and flew off to live with her sister and BIL who was stationed there. Manhattan Beach Pier where I looked west wondering if I could swim the ocean to get to her in a moment of despair and madness.
 

I flew the B-747 and 767 from O’Hare to Honolulu for 2 years. That 8 hour flight is longer than I expected. The only good part was we would get an 8-12 hour layover before the return flight. Every now and then, we would get a 15 hour layover

My favorite part of Oahu was always going out to Pearl Harbir. My favorite part of the island of Kauai was the golfing along the ocean and the smell of the flowers. I tried surfing a few times, but once I saw a Hammerhead shark approaching me, I swore never to go back into surf.

On Oahu, they have a place you can rent a surfboard and 1 or 2 hour lessons. The first time I went out, my instructor was 72 years old.
 
Our flight attendants on United used to wear special island wear uniforms to get the passengers in the mood. A lot of passengers are very nervous flying over water for that long a period of time. Generally, we were over the Pacific for about 5-6 hours. On my first trip over to Hawaii flying, I was surprised at how many small islands I saw out in the Pacific.
 
oldman said:
I flew the B-747 and 767 from O’Hare to Honolulu for 2 years. That 8 hour flight is longer than I expected. The only good part was we would get an 8-12 hour layover before the return flight. Every now and then, we would get a 15 hour layover

My favorite part of Oahu was always going out to Pearl Harbir. My favorite part of the island of Kauai was the golfing along the ocean and the smell of the flowers. I tried surfing a few times, but once I saw a Hammerhead shark approaching me, I swore never to go back into surf.

On Oahu, they have a place you can rent a surfboard and 1 or 2 hour lessons. The first time I went out, my instructor was 72 years old.
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As it turns out, hammerheads are one species of shark that is not a threat to humans. As is the tiger, bull, and great white.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discov...heir common presence,pose no threat to humans.
 
debodun said:
1. Hula dancers
2. palm trees
3. beach resorts
4. luaus
5. pineapples
6. macadamia nuts
7. volcanoes
8. surfing
9. ukuleles
10. colorful print casual shirts (Aloha shirts)
11. lei wreaths
12. Pearl Harbor
13. gourmet coffee
14. other (specify)
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The fact that my daughter is going there for a month January 3 and I'm not going with her!!! We went a few years back to Kauai and The Big Island. Had such a lovely time. I loved the wild chickens in Kauai. They were so funny to watch.
 
OlderThanDirt said:
The fact that my daughter is going there for a month January 3 and I'm not going with her!!! We went a few years back to Kauai and The Big Island. Had such a lovely time. I loved the wild chickens in Kauai. They were so funny to watch.
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This evoked a lovely memory for me. In 2003, we went on a hawaiian cruise for our honeymoon. We also scheduled a helicopter tour on Kauai, and the parking lot was full of chickens. My wife promptly named one in particular "Henrietta" (pun intended), and she (Henrietta) tried to get back on the tour bus with us. Thank you.
 
Buckeye said:
This evoked a lovely memory for me. In 2003, we went on a hawaiian cruise for our honeymoon. We also scheduled a helicopter tour on Kauai, and the parking lot was full of chickens. My wife promptly named one in particular "Henrietta" (pun intended), and she (Henrietta) tried to get back on the tour bus with us. Thank you.
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Hah! I had a baby one jump right on my shoe while I was sitting at a picnic table. We became good friends.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Memories of living there way back when...the smell of gardenias, rides in a jeep to Koko Head and Diamond Head, sugar cane, going to downtown Honolulu every other Saturday with my dad when he went to voice lessons (my older brother went the Saturdays in between), milk and meat rationing (we had powdered milk, powdered eggs and 🤢Spam🤢, a lot of Spam), bath houses in between every two rows of quonset huts. We lived in a quonset hut, no indoor plumbing just showers, toilets, laundry tubs in the bath houses. We carried water in buckets from the bath house to the kitchen, gigging crawdads in the creek at the park.

Memories.
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time, being close to nature. I visited there years ago and loved it.
 
palides2021 said:
Sounds like you had a wonderful time, being close to nature. I visited there years ago and loved it.
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LOL There's plenty of nature to enjoy in British Columbia, I can tell you.

I was in Hawaii because a well-to-do relative gave my parents money to take myself & my brother there. I was 17, and—to be truthful—I was the sort of teenager who was completely absorbed with a group of close friends & a band he played in, at home. My 3-years-younger brother & I found it difficult to connect with the teenagers who actually lived in Hawaii. Plus, while on the Islands, we felt our parents were a little too supervising.:rolleyes:

What I did enjoy was boogie-board surfing on Maui & Kauai. Of course, in adulthood I was both amazed & grateful our relative had bankrolled the trip.
 
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