Sunday, January 13, 2008

Closing the Book

Most of the readers of this will have likely realized that our trip was not ended after the last blog, and now has been ended for a week and a half. Call this a catch-up and tie up loose ends post.


Below are some of the pictures taken after that previous blog was posted. There are also a couple that were taken previous to the post, but I couldn't think of a way to fit them in. I want them on the blog, so in the "Tie up loose ends" blog, making sense and flowing well don't matter. As long as the last picture makes some sort of logic, I'm satisfied. It will be the knot at the end of the, well, ends.


Driving to coast road on the last weekend of the year.

This is not a geyser, but a blowhole that shots 40-60 feet with each good wave.

The mountains, once the rim of a volcano, are spectacular. The fact that they become green in this climate is just gravy. Sort of like a mossy-looking greenish gravy. Over everything...you know...gravy.
These two guys know what I mean.

This guy doesn't, but he's not a real guy, just a shape in the oil from the USS Arizona that was neat because it sort of looked like a guy. It's all sore of eerily neat, because, you know, the Arizona is like the tomb of hundreds of sailors and is leaking [slowly] this oil that was in it's tanks when it sank, so...I thought it was kind of cool.

This was unarguably cool. All the more so because the ledge where the water is splashing is 3 or 4 stories tall.

The old year is setting...

...and this Hawaiian guy knows it.

More "Good-by 2007" photos.


A traditional Hawaiian rainy New Year's Eve ceremony.

A non-traditional, displaced Utahn's in Hawaii New Year's Eve on the beach because-we-don't-get-such-cool-fireworks-at-home activity.

Cool!

Good-by 2007 from Pizza Bob's on the North Shore!
*ALOHA*

2 comments:

Michelle said...

Gorgeous pictures, Dad! You've made Hawaii look even prettier in photos than it does in real life, and that's saying something. It definitely brings back a lot of fond memories of having you guys here.

Darrell and Loretta Stacey said...

Thanks. We had a great time with you. You made paradise paradisier-and that's saying a lot!