Owie update

Before I begin the next day's adventure . . . thought you might like to see what REAL amazing grace looks like . . . thanks to Lessa for taking the photo.

oh, yeah, you GOTTA go in for the close-up on this beauty:

purty, huh? I start PT tomorrow - well, I have my first appointment tomorrow, so we'll see what happens next. Work was not so bad today - everyone kept telling me to sit down, so I did and let them do the hauling and such. Great co-workers, I must say.

Oh, and here is a piccie of the 35th anniversary gift hubby bought me - after I picked it out - in Kona. For your 35th you are supposed to receive either coral or jade. I chose coral:

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Thursday, May 13
When we woke up to the tune of the rooster and his friends, we wondered what we should do for the day. I suggested a helicopter tour of the volcano, and hubby reluctantly agreed - if we could get a seat. It's fun that he was so reluctant, because when we got off the aircrat he said it was the most fun he'd had in Hawaii up to date. ::smirk::

We did some shopping at Wal-Mart and Hilo Hattie's first - EVERYONE has to go to Hilo Hattie's, you see. Got some souvenirs, and we each received another shell lei (had gotten one at the luau also) so we decided that we would have to go back at least once more in order to have enough shell leis for the grandkiddos (did that the day before we left - we're goooooood grandparents).

Off to the airport to check in for our flight. We chose Blue Hawaiian Helicopter Tours only partially because they flew the Average Joe Hawaii folks. LOL

It was a great ride from start to finish. Our pilot was Will:

and he kept up a running prattle about the island, the volcano, having flown for some Kenai acquaintances for their business in Kauai, how much spam islanders eat and showed us a can of the new Collector's Label. (Of course, we had to buy a can to bring home, and no, it hasn't been opened yet. We opened a regular can for our dinner that night - hey, we were eating island style. Yummy - hubby loves it.)

He also prattled on about the Mele Macs and how we should purchase the 2.25 pound jar the first day to save ourselves the embarrassment of going back the second day. Point taken. We brought the bigger one home and the grands and daughters are enjoying it with us - the smaller ones, well, they didn't make it home.

Moving along now . . . .
We didn't get to see the rushing lava flow like you've seen on tv, but we did see some lava and a "skylight" peeking down into the lava flow (unfortunately that picture didn't show up very well.)

The crater was steaming too much to get any closer:

But, hubby said that was plenty close enough for him. ;-)

Here's a shot of the helicopter coming in for a landing - what a rush!

And, here we are in our lovely little fanny packs - those held our Mae Wests just in case . . .

cute, huh?

Ladybug noticed the halo around us - awwwww

'night, friends.

Posted by Purplemoose at May 24, 2004 10:31 PM