Hawaii

We left San Angelo Texas at 11:40 on Monday 7-15-2007 and were in Honolulu Oahu at 8:40 on 7-15-2007. Not a long flight till you takes in consideration the time difference then it is 14 travel hours. Wilma & I had a good, but long flight. We had a lot of cloud cover, never saw the water after we left LA, but the clouds were great to look down upon.

The Resort (Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa) is wonderful, a little rich for my billfold, but then Wilma is paying for it (with her service to the credit union). This is a working trip.

Tuesday we got some work done in the AM then went for a tour of the island of Oahu. The tour lasted about four hours. After going up the island we went to the other side (the windward side) and crossed over the mountain back to where we started. We stopped at about six areas; the guide also told us about Hawaii and some of its history. Most of the plants here were brought here. As you know there are no snakes or large animals, bear, lions, or anything that will eat you. Sharks do not count as they are not on the island; they have about three shark attacks a year. In West Texas we have not had a shark attack in I do not know when, maybe a snake bite or two. It goes to show you that ever place have its drawbacks. Also there are few flies here and the wind keeps the mosquitoes at bay. A normal home will run you about a million, the very nice ones 20 to 25 mullions and up. We saw some areas where the homes were only $200,000.00. The main industry here is tourist.

We took a lot of pictures my not get them all posted at this time, but will post more later.
Remember if life is a book & you do not travel you only read one page.