Friday, January 9, 2009

Simple Trip - Hawaii for Two Weeks

"Party Boat" at a real Sand Bar - Way out off Kaneohe

Siblings 2

Brothers 5 . . .

Two old friends from the same wonderful German babysitter, Monika Thum, many years ago.

George Attacked by Portugese Man-O-War


Lights Went Out COMPLETELY all over Oahu



These pictures were taken in complete darkness. I didn't even know if I was aiming the camera straight. Look at these GOONS I caught on camera!

Just Another Day at the Beach






Beach Videos AND Eveningtime Clowning Around the Cabins - Little "Nuggets" Harassing Emily



Preceded by a good day at our beach . . .

Family Portrait Time for our Friends





Rainy Day Trip to the North Shore

Wendy's first boss in the Air Force, Dr Jim Deutch, reknowned family expert and social work professor at the University of Hawaii.
Cooped up in cabin before setting off for rainy day drive to North Shore.

Small crowd waiting for Obama to come again, but he didn't work out at the Semper Fit gym that particular day.
Wendy and the turtles.

Early Morning at Hanauma Bay on Oahu

Evening before Hanauma Bay - - hike to lighthouse.


A few boobies applied for fun . . .



Whose baby are you? "Daddy's baby."


The techy of the family who wants a Blackberry Storm at age 9 in the worst way!



Behind our first cabin . . a very old Hawaiian




Early Hawaiian human remains found right behind our cabin while plumbers readying for septic installation. Archeologists took over to carefully dig up, catalog, map, and excavate entire site. Bellows AFS is full of such sites of earliest settlers to Oahu circa 1500 . . . an area known for good fishing and its curative powers by the ocean. The evening of the day the remains were excavated, Hal was alone in the cabin and serenaded by three Hawaiians outside singing over the grave. A few minutes later, Hal thought he even heard a conch shell blown, but alas, it was just George's cell phone vibrating on the table!

Punch Bowl National Cemetery on Oahu


Neil Rothman and Hal.
Emily, George, and Linda Rothman.

Neil & Hal - - old next-door neighbors from bachelor times at Eglin AFB in the mid 1970s.

USS Arizona memorial & Pacific Air Museum on Ford Island