Hawaii and Back Again

Had to make another trip to Hawaii for business, so this time Jolene bought a plane ticket to join me and I used some of my leave to turn the trip into a mini-vacation. Pappy and Grammy watched the boys back in Alaska, so Jolene and I had a 5 day trip all to ourselves. I worked three of those days, so Jolene had the chance to shop and spend the days at the beach, and then we had the evenings to enjoy the Hawaii weather. We didn't visit any other Islands this time, just Oahu. But made a couple trips up to the North Shore for the Banzai Pipeline (definately different meaning of the word pipeline than in Alaska). Jolene had the chance to take some good pictures of the Island. We stopped at the Dole Plantation again on this trip, and that's where I got all the coy (goldfish) to swarm below a dock by throwing food at them so Jolene could get the picture. Our hotel had some singers and Hawaiin dancers outside on Tuesday which we enjoyed listening to. We found a great little gelato place in the shops below the hotel, and had our waffle cone of gelato every evening to cool off. Of course, the vacation had to come to an end, and we came back to 2 feet of snow waiting for us on a treacherous drive back to Wasilla from the airport. The snow in the last picture is what fell on our bedroom balcony at home while we were gone. Mele Kalikimaka!!