The view outside the house!
Nate, Ben, and Naomi on the ride home from the airport
Quinn's office space. WELL, would you look at that. ERGONOMIC DESKSPACE. You lucky dog.
Buckwheat says... OO-TAY
Aloha Stadium on the ride home
Even wrecks happen in Paradise.
Traffic amidst the mountains on Interstate H1
Naomi is not having the best ride home!
Captain and Sprite in a Don Ho cocktail glass. Chilling on the patio.
Chompin on Malasadas
Quinn's new Stingray hat.
Cruisin' the hood in Ewa Beach
Barefoot, no helmet, on the highway in Ewa!
Downtown Honolulu
Sunrise Yacht @ Don Ho's
Coast Guard ships across from Don Ho's
Container Ship came in as we were waiting for food
My artsy pic of Nate watching the harbor.
Neither of them look like they are up to any good, but they were just eating :D
Nommin' down on some surfboard pizzas
POKE!
Sunset @ Don Ho's
Take your Daughter to Happy Hour Day
Another look at the Sunrise Yacht. There's a hot tub up on the top level.
Front end of the yacht.
My good friend, Captain Morgan
FREE MUSTACHE RIDES
Aloha Tower (Sadly, closed for the day.)
Nomes and Snowy. How can you say no to those big beautiful eyes?!
IM THUPER! THANKS FOR ATHKING!
Rainbow at Ala Mo
The view from the house!
Hanalei. Apparently this means Henry, but to me, it will always be that asshole blackjack dealer at the Las Vegas Hilton. Fuck Hanalei. I want my money back.
Heading to the Park
This guy's Saturn Sky is Awesome. Do you know how I know it's awesome?
BECAUSE IT SAYS SO.
The park.
The Park after Nuclear Winter.
"Dude, I'm totally open."
Heading out for the evening... Wait. what is that across the intersection???
ITS THE WIENERMOBILE IN HAWAII!
WIENERS
Look at the back end of that Wienermobile.
Hang Loose Tube Sausage!
Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener!
ok, time to race...
Nate drinks a Newcastle.
La Mariana Tiki Bar, cool place to grab grub.
There's an awesome band playing in this picture. See if you can figure out what the guy standing is doing.
Somehow, I don't think Lithonia makes these.
La Mariana Sailing Club
These Pufferfish are real, and hollowed out with lightbulbs in them. Lithonia doesn't make these either.
Road Trip #1, Heading East on H-1
Looking toward the mountains from Maunalua Bay
Parasailing in the distance off Maunalua Bay
Zoomed in on a Parasailer. I cant believe its that high up.
And that there's two of them!
Looking back on the Maunalua Bay beach from Rte 72.
Houses on the side of the mountain.
Yeah, so Sue climbed that line up to the Top. She's a rockstar
Again. ROCK STAR. Give her a hand people.
The Road to the East Coast
Beautiful Day!
Looking out into the choppy waters of Hanauma Bay
People about to be washed out to sea by huge waves
People out on the cliff edge.
Look, it's a hula boy.
Sandy Beach Park, where they filmed "From Here to Eternity"
Monster Waves coming up the Haloma Blowhole
Sea Spray @ Haloma
Heading north past Sandy Beach
Uninhabited Island off coast.
When the mountain meets the sea.
Heading north toward Waimanalo
Incredibly blue-green water with coral bottoms. I bet snorkelling is awesome here.
Uninhabited Island
Yeah. Not swimming here! @Waimanalo
Waimanalo beach is very pretty.
Heading North to Kailua
Cool church just inside Kailua
an Infiniti Skyline... ? What? Neal was always telling me that the Nissan Skyline was badass, now I know why he got his G35.
Cool graffiti of a dancer girl
Lots of VW Busses on this island.
Heading onto the Pali Highway back toward Honolulu
Nuuanu Pali Rd to a lookout, very cool woods!
The lookout. The wind here was crazy.
See? Crazy. 40mph winds easily, gusting to 60.
Gorgeous overlook
more of the overlook.
Sharp Mountains = young land.
Magnum PI!!!!!!
Red Headed Bird at an overlook almost in Honolulu
Pagoda at Japanese Mausoleum w/ Honolulu in background
Wide shot of Pagoda
Cruisin' on into Honolulu
Cool looking building. I'm not sure what it is.
Sarong Demonstration at the luau. Yes, she's wearing a coconut bra.
Is this a revival? No. just Hula Lessons.
Sue: "Yeah, right."
Coconut Climber Dude. That's a long way up.
About to give a shower of petals!
Quinn and Sue sharing a tender moment at the luau. It's so good to see such happy people together.
Mohawk kid was badass!
Getting a demo of the food, Sue takes a shot with her iphone of a Whale Tail gone awry.
Luau singers.
Sunset at Ko Olina
Another sunset pic
Royal guard!
Hula Girls. So Pretty.
Shake it!
She is blessing the meat. and by meat I mean pig, not what you were thinking... you dirty minded fool.
About to feed someone some food!
This dude just ate Poi.
He's not too thrilled about it either.
The lifting of the Pig.
Pork Sticks
Sunset at the luau. wow.
Seriously... Wow.
I could get used to looking at that.
or maybe being out on the ocean!
Mongoose in this photo, see if you can spot him.
Mongoose!
It's George Takei!
Quinn embarrassing himself so I wouldn't have to. What a champ!!!
Road Trip to West Coast
Industry behind me, I set forth on Farrington Hwy.
Tent Cities of homeless people near Waianae
This little badass was doing wheelies the whole time.
This is the arid side of the island as you can see here, the mountains are brown and dry.
AUTO! as in AUTO7575
The crowds at the beach are unbearable.
Heading up to Yokohama Beach, it's a pleasant drive.
Approaching the end of the Hwy.
to find KILLER WAVES!!!
These waves had an awesome break!
I want to see Quinn drop in on these bad boys next time I'm out here.
Crabs!
So awesome here, He'll do a backflip for you!
Boogieboard action
Some house I think, but it is behind government facility gate, so I don't know what this is.
Awesome ridgeline
Heading back to Ewa, taking landscape shots
Gorgeous Makaha Valley
More near Makaha
More tent cities
Sue told me that palm trees were an invasive species brought to Hawai'i. I wouldn't mind them.
Again, a severely overcrowded beach. And this close to the Highway. Craziness. Insanity.
Yeah, because I'm going to eat "Smoked Meat" out of the back of The Love Van Version 2.0
pretty view out into the water on the way back
The day wouldn't be complete without a fantastic Hawaiian Mullet on Ft. Weaver Rd.
Quinn gearing up his surfboard Cam
Shark Country, quite rocky.
Quinn way down the beach getting in and being careful not to get eaten by the coral.
I noticed I was sitting under a coconut tree. Bad idea.
There were about a dozen guys out here catching waves in the high surf. I was about 2-300 yards away so I was just taking pictures of dots and hoping they came out.
This guy lives right on the beach at Shark Country.
Beautiful clouds and an early morning.
Lookin down the rocky beach @ Shark Country
Quinn out in the sea.
Some dude trying to stay afloat.
Bigger dude catching a wave.
The third or fourth row of white is where the surfers are in comparison to me
This dude was carving the waves up pretty good!
so was this guy, who looks like he's about to buy the farm.
Truly a majestic sport of which I have ultimate respect for now, after realizing the dangers involved.
Imagine all the force of all that water at your backside.
And then you eat it.
Quinn, safely paddling in.
Heading to the sandy part of the beach where he can safely disembark.
Gogglin' on the way to Waimea
Remember the old T&C Surf designs Shirts that were popular in the 80s? T&C = Town and Country. This is the Country part of T&C.
Pineapple Fields near the Dole Plantation.
Sweet ridge.
Ahhh the North Shore!
Coffee Farm.
The church tower near where we parked.
Waimea Bay Beach Park
Very Glassy, unlike in the winter.
Wild Goat, and some beast who maybe shouldn't be wearing that.
Jumping Rock
Sue, Cecilia, Nate and Naomi
Nate, Kapua and Ilikea
Nomes took a face plant into the soft sand
Nate's a greasy haole!
Naomi is stoked to go swimming.
black socks sun, wont you come, and wash away the pain!
Goat chasing a dog down the beach.
GOAT!!!!!!
Dude: "Hey man is that a fuckin' goat?
Cute Paddleboard girl
Waimea Beach, pretty unpopulated, but very nice.
Hot chicks everywhere.
Out on Waimea Bay past Chun's Reef and Jocko's
The first swimmers round the corner.
Kacy Johnson and his coach approach the finish.
Kacy's out of the water at 29'
and finishes at 29'54" for 1.6 miles against the current!
Quinn approaching, butterfly style
quinn getting a pat down from lovely Sue. Nice Banana Hammock.
Quinn relaxing in the water as some of the next swimmers come in to finish.
Cool looking ultra-light plane flying over the bay.
Quinn and his lei's
Quinn getting a post race snack and walking around with his assisted flotation devices in case he falls back into some water.
8th place! WOOHOO!
SO AWSUM!
Beach Park
There was lots of milling around, cookouts, and fun things to do!
Winners of each age/division!
Top 3 for mens and womens. Kate Costello on the right is a friend of the family, she came in 2nd and is winning the overall race series! GO KATE!
Heading to Hale'iwa
Pretty mountains everywhere.
Macky Chen and his amazing Shrimp Truck!!!
Asian Popped Collar Douchebaggery
Hens hoping to get a piece of Shrimp
Heading down to Ala Moana to drop Sue off on the way back from the Race.
MAGMA, AND LAZER BEAMS
Naomi: "Uncle Scott, are you ready for an adventure?!"
lol "Rear"
This dude is CHILLAXIN!
Heading up on H-3 to Kaneohe.
Prettiest Interstate ever.
Sue is my Pilot. I am her co-pilot!
Cloud topped mountains in the distance.
Awesome peaks
I've never in my life seen a blue stop sign.
The Catholic section of Valley of the Temples Memorial Park
Awesome flowers, and an orange. In Hawai'i, the Japanese often leave snacks and drinks for the deceased.
An Incredible ridge overlooking the park.
Somehow they ran power up there.
The Byodo-In Temple
Approaching Byodo-In
Japanese section of the graveyard near Byodo-In
Sue and Naomi crossing over to the Serene Temple Grounds.
Black Swan on the pond.
Buddha stands guard over the temple.
Koi Pond
The birds here are desensitized to humans.
Naomi goes looking for lunch.
Black Swan cleaning up
Giant white koi.
Legend has it that Buddha himself had a giant barfing frog.
Koi swarm!
Koi looking for food.
These guys were about 6" wide and maybe 18-24" long. HUGE.
KOI ORGY!
Rock Garden looking at the bell house
Rock Garden
Detail of the Temple beams
Buddha overlooking the koi pond.
Wooden Buddha statue, the largest built in 900 years.
Buddha approves.
Tourists leaving an offering.
Black Swan leaving an offering for Buddha.
Gorgeous creatures.
This is what the big statue of Buddha looks at all day long. It's good to be the Buddha.
pretty flowers!
Giant invasive pine trees.
checking out some flowers
Testing out my camera's features by getting closer and closer to various flowers
Memorial Wall behind the Temple.
Naomi is having a great time!
Gorgeous flowers
There's a bug over on the left hand side of this flower. I had no idea until I looked at the large version of this pic!
Another shot.
MACADANGDANG
Purple.
Backside of the Temple. Where the couples go.
Phoenix on top of the temple.
Buddha is protecting his little sparrow.
Bamboo forest behind the Temple
And what do we as tourists do? GRAFFITI THE BAMBOO. ::sigh::
It was amazingly dark in here for the time of day.
Sue after trying to gank some sugar cane, all sorts of prickly stabby things in her hand.
Closeup of a flower on the way out of the Temple.
Goodbye Byodo-In, thank you for your peace.
Heading back to Ewa
HAM, PRODUCE, and SEAFOOD!
