Fish On - July 12th

After suffering through a week long vacation to Hawaii and then having to return to work; it became quickly apparent that Cheryl and I need a refreshing weekend away. Hm, relaxation and fun, I know let's going fishing on the Green. In fact, I know the perfect guide, let's see I do believe that we have a son working near the Green and living in a trailer that we purchased. In fact, he claims to know where the fish are. Got my pole, got my fish vest, got my hat, let's go!

Saturday, bright and early we staked our claim on the Green and began to fish with the anticipation of catching our fill. Even Cheryl venture forth with pole in hand and a fly on the end of her line to land the big one.

Taylor as our guide, quickly demostrated his ability at catching fish. I think it took him about two cast and "fish on"! Little did we realize that this was going to be a foreshadow of the remainder of the day. We fished from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm took a short break and then returned again around 6:00 pm and fished until dark.

Taylor hooked a total of ninteen fish and landed sixteen of them. I think that he was the only one on the river catching fish. Everyone would just stare in amazement and wonder what fly he had on the line. One cast, two cast, "fish on". One cast, "fish on". It was amazing to watch him catch so many fish but as you can also see they were good size fish. The last catch of the day for him took him over 10 minutes to land a white fish that overfilled his net.

Cheryl gave up finally around noon after a valiant attempt to hook one. At one point I thought I heard her cry out "fish on" and when I turned to see what she had ..., well all I could see was her sitting in the water with her. She had slipped and went down and of course her waders captured the water. Luckily, after a few hours she did dry out.

Oh, how did I do? Well let's see, I finally that night started hooking some fish and good size at that. However, I could only land one. Let's just say it was a trophy size fish.

Nothing better than "Fish On"!

Grass Skirts and the Hula - Sunday, June 29, 2008

We arrived home from our all night flight this morning around 9:00 AM, tired and grateful for the never ending flight that finally ended.

Later this afternoon, after we had unpacked, Jenny, Philip, Adyson and Lexi came by to hear about our adventures in Hawaii. Now like all good parents and grandparents we had trinkets and toys to share with all.

Adyson and Lexi were fascinated with our Hula dancing doll and after they had watched the doll for awhile we then presented them their own grass skirts, and leis.



Grammy gave a quick lesson to Adyson on how the Tahiti dancers shake their hips and she took careful notes. She was starting to get the hang of it but still need some more instructions so we watched the DVD of the Polynesian Culture Center Rainbows of Paradise; which highlighted the Canoe Parade and all of the dancers.


Adyson intently observed the dancers and within minutes she was shaking her hips as well as the Tahiti dancers. Enjoy the show she is going to be one heck of a dancer!


But let's not forget about Lexi. She can hold her own now and is nothing but a joy to be around as you can see.


Yup, you're right on target with that thought. I am a proud Grandpa and proud of my granddaughters.

Happy Birthday Laurie and Mahalo Hawaii - Saturday, June 28, 2008

Our final day on the island of Oahu. We must make the most of the it and what better way than to spend the morning shopping for souvenirs at the infamous Hawaii swap meet at Aloha Stadium. Luckily it was hot and humid today, probably was an advantage to mitigating the impact to the bank account. Everyone wandered to their hearts content and purchased all of the trinkets, gadgets, clothes and Hawaiian memorabilia that they could possibly pack home.

Laurie celebrate her twenty first birthday plus today. So after spending a few hours roaming the beach chasing crabs and turtles. We said goodbye to our friends at the resort, Mr. Hammer Head and Mr Moray.









Enjoyed a light meal at Chili's and wished Laurie Happy Birthday. Returned the rental car and began our departure home.


It has been a wonderful vacation and we will miss the Hawaiian scenery but all good things must come to an end and we must leave our fantasy land and return to reality.






Regardless, we will always cherish the time spent together in Hawaii.

Aloha Hawaii and Mahalo!