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Hawaii June 15, 2015 – Day 4

Travel

Before I start about this days events, I have a couple of observations.

  1. When on vacation Tonya and I are always looking at license plates to see where people are from.  But here in Hawaii, all cars seem to be from Hawaii.  We haven’t seen any cars visiting from other states. Go figure.
  2. Tonya was using the GPS on her phone and we were trying to find our destination.  The GPS seemed to be having a problem and Tonya said that it seemed to be putting us in the middle of the Pacific ocean.  After a minute of trying to figure out the problem, I asked, “Have you zoomed it in?”  Oh, yep, there was the issue.  We were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  Once we zoomed in we found that we were on this tiny little island in the middle of the Pacific.  Interesting.

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Hawaii June 13, 2015 – Day 2

Travel

Today we booked out what we would be doing for the rest of the week.  At 8:30 a.m. we sat through a presentation on things to do on the Big Island of Hawaii.  After seeing all the interesting things to do, we spent a bit of money and booked out 4 different items.  This in and of itself was rather impulsive for us.  We usually never do this and hate to spend money.  That is why we upgraded to the jeep, so that we could drive the island by ourselves.  But we caved and so here is the schedule for the week: Continue reading Hawaii June 13, 2015 – Day 2 →

Hawaii June 12, 2015 – Day 1

Travel

Hawaii!   You know how  I am all about enjoying the journey, but let me just say that the journey to Hawaii can be a long one.  Anytime you are in an airplane for seven or eight hours, with layovers, you start to wonder about the journey.  This may be one of those times when you suffer through the journey because the destination is so exciting.  We were able to get exit rows on both flights, which made the flights a bit more tolerable.  I should clarify,  on the long fight Tonya’s exit row seat was just a normal seat by the exit row, no extra leg room and in the middle, where mine allowed me full extension and plenty of room.  I did ask her if she wanted to trade, but she being the giving person that she is, said no, which I was very grateful for.  That didn’t stop the guilt, though, as I was able to stretch my legs out to the full length.  Other than that, the flight was uneventful. Continue reading Hawaii June 12, 2015 – Day 1 →

Best Friends

Family

As we traverse this life we enjoy the pleasures of many “Best Friend” associations.  Yesterday one of those “Best Friend” relationships ended for me.  The Best Friend I am referring to is a small Maltese dog named “MIssy”.  I have had this dog for over 13 years.  She made real the phrase “To be dogged”.  She followed me everywhere.  When I arrived home, she was the first one at the door.  She made life interesting and even in those times when I scolded her, all I had to do was pet her and all was forgiven.  She has been a true friend. Continue reading Best Friends →

My Life – A Start

Journal

Alright, here we go.  I have been wanting to scan my journal entries into PDF documents and so this is my attempt at doing that.  I also thought that you might enjoy reading some of these entries.  I have to say, at 19, I didn’t know how to write very well (still don’t).  I am wondering if I had learned English at all.  But you have to understand, growing up in a small farm town in Idaho, I learned to speak rural English, with a tweak of farmer involved.  I really believe that I started understanding English Grammar while learning to speak Italian.  Being married to a 5th grade teacher, Tonya is continually teaching me new things about English that her 5th grade students are learning. Continue reading My Life – A Start →