Alison and Rich Visit Oahu!

So, Rich and Alison finally came and it was a blast. I can’t possibly post all the pictures right now, but I will get around to posting the most I can later. When those two lovebirds first showed up, we grabbed them from the airport and took them on a drive to Waikiki and then back to Makakilo. The five of us, Meg, Amy, Dick, Alison and I all went out to dinner at Chili’s (I know…welcome to Hawaii…right?) The fab five had a great night, got to bed early and got ready for a fun day on Saturday.

On the Trip to the North Shore...Rich took a lot of pictures in the car.

Sunday we went to Waiamea Falls and saw some cool Hawaiian history, amazing plants, even cooler than all that was the Falls. Waiamea Falls is 45 feet high and gorgeous. It was about half strength, so because it wasn’t too strong and it wasn’t too weak, we got to swim right up to it and sit underneath it. The water wasn’t too cold, but it was refreshing. It was about a 30-45 minute hike to the falls and a very necessary swim. The trip back was great and we headed up to Sunset Beach a little farther up toward the North Shore. There began our second great adventure…

We were standing around getting stuff out of the car and out of the trunk and just about 15 seconds after we decided not to take the backpack, which had the keys in them, and threw it inside Amy closed the trunk and said, “Oh no…” That’s right, we were then trapped out of the car and had to call AAA. So we chilled at the beach until just after sunset and saw some neat waves and currents. After that, we went to Hale’iwa (Ha-lay Eve-Ah) for some dinner. We stopped at Pizza Bob’s and the nice waitress gave us coins to toss into their little Koi Pond. She was funny. Hale’iwa is a cool little town that we stopped by three or four times why Rich and Alison were here for a variety of reasons (Shave Ice, Pizza Bob’s, Pizza Hut, and my possible Tattoo at North Shore Tattoo).

Sunday we five took a trip into Waianae to see the sites. I took them to see the He’au on Pokai Bay and then down the road to see some beaches behind the Cabanas, down the road by Yokahama and throughout Makaha. The beaches were gorgeous and we all had a great time, didn’t see many turtles but we had a blast. After that trip came the infamous night of the Booze Cruise II.














Amy and Alison look for Coral in a tide pool. He'au by Pokai Bay.

We headed out for Waikiki and got ready for a night on the catamaran called Mai Tai (Take two for us and take one for Rich and Alison). It was a crazy night of drinking, singing and getting soaked. Now, here’s the interesting point. Megan, who had been on the boat before, and therefore knew that we were going to get wet, decided to wear white pants and Amy, who had also been on the boat before, wore a white shirt. At least she had the sense to sit away from the front pontoons. Megan, on the other hand…let’s just say everyone who wanted to know what color underwear she was wearing had no need to wonder. Haha…ah…good times…SHAKA!

Well...it began well on the boat and then we were going drink for drink and all downed nearly 12 Mai Tais each. I was in no state to walk to somewhere nice for dinner, but the girls chose to get something from Planet Hollywood instead of somewhere close. So we walked and I ended the night early with some stunning digestive pyrotechnics all over Planet Hollywood (merchandise, escalator, bathroom sink, everywhere…even on the sidewalk waiting for the car). Take that Bruce Willis. It was not one of my finer moments. It was over by quarter of ten and Rich and I were back in bed, with some help from the girls (a lot of help from the girls).

After that...we went to Maui...the story continues...