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Trek to retrieve our new RV and back -- 11/05
Part
2: West Coast · Part 3: Grand Canyon
· Part 4: Vermillion Cliffs
Part 5: Petrified Forest & more · Part 6: Texas
to Florida
Part 1-Detour to Hawaii:
We found a military flight from Jacksonville to Hawaii, with possible flights back to either northern California or Washington with a stop-over of three days. We stayed at a Marine base at Kane'ohé--north of Honolulu.
<< We had an excellent view of Pyramid Rock from our quarters.
The
base also sported a mock up of the Iwo Jima statue. Somehow, it
looks better here than in DC.
Big
fat rainbows
abound on Hawaii: we experienced several great ones.
We
also enjoyed the flowers and birds as we went to various sections of
the Isle of O'ahu in our rental car.
The flower is a Hibiscus and the bird is a Red Crested Cardinal introduced from Brazil.
We found a dive operation on base and signed up for a Sunday dive. We knew it would be too crowded for the best experience, but given our schedule we went anyway. The dive boat was a sailing catamaran--a first for us.
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At the dock loading up in Honolulu... |
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Various little fish swimming among the coral fingers below. Fish swimming around a pillow star below, right.
Moorish Idol fish were spectacular.
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A school of Yellow-tailed Snapper divided by a Blue Tang >> Two Spotted Trunk Fish swimming in growth on a long-abandoned sewer pipe off of Waikiki. The pipe is totally encrusted with coral, sponges and other sea life. How quaint!!
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