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Chas:
Well, we 'did' Oahu. Nice short hop to Maui, the kids are still in the air on the way to Los Angeles. We had a great family time, now it's just the two of us.

WOW ! This joint is great!! Go see the home page, it has some incredible shots of the grounds. We are in Wailea, at the "Grand Wailea Resort." The pool is 2000 feet long, and that's not a typo: two thousand feet long. And don't forget the other pools: a scuba pool, and others. The brochure says they have several 'Jacuzzis.'

Chas' temp. home...

wmccall:
Maui was great, I remember sitting on cliffs and watching the wales out on the sea. We were there about this time of of year, so I assume they might be around. I also remember following a pineapple truck down the mountain, Wow what a smell. For those of you who don't like Pineapple, try it fresh in Hawaii. Loved the Dole frozen Pinapple whip they had everwhere there.  Darn, its been 17 years, hope it won't be 17 more.

Chas:
Well, this morning was a BYOB: "Build Your Own Boat" competition. And it was competitve. But our team won!! When I get home, I will hang the trophy over the place I spend most of my free time: my computer....

First, we were judged best in design and decoration. Then we won team spirit and presentation: we sang the theme to "Love Boat" and happened to have a guy with a decent voice to lead us. He was a natural showman, and had the whole crowd on their feet joining in, and at a signal the rest of us team members went out and chose a dancing partner from the crowd, put a flower lei on them and began dancing as we sang. Three more team members carefully carried our boat around over their heads so the whole crowd could see the finely crafted details. It had to be seen to be believed.

Last, the races! Two-person team was first. Once out and back to a row of bouys placed a short distance off the beach. We absolutely whupped everyone in the first heat. We were so far ahead that our team turned around and paddled out a short distance, then came back and dragged the boat in to the finish line. We thought they were just showing off, but come to find out they thought we had to put the next team in right away and keep going, so it was lucky they came in at all!!

The second heat? Well, just rejoice to know that we were way way ahead when our boat sank suddenly. Being made out of cardboard, these craft don't take kindly to being sunk, so we were very much "sunk" at that point.

But we still had style: we had a contingency plan in place. When the boat went down, the rest of the team charged out into the water and pulled the four crew members from the brine. We screamed and yelled as we went charging out (actually, "they" charged out, I was busy recording it all for posterity. Pics to come...) We had the team members all set to do very dramatic panic scenes: they waved their arms and yelled - and we picked them up and brought them back to shore with great drama and fake CPR. The lifeguards didn't have a clue and started to run out.... It gained us points for 'spirit' even though our boat was history. Other teams had boats which sank, and the teams just stood there staring!!

But the judges were looking at the whole thing, not just the races - so we took first overall.

Tonight: Hard Rock Cafe !! Film at eleven.

wmccall:
Carboard? I figured you would have used the shell of a Grandee from the local HS Dealer.

Chas:
Cardboard wrapped in plastic. And never doubt this: Duct tape is wonderful stuff !!

We all knew this was coming - but only person out of 400 actually brought anything to help with this event. He brought a huge pirate flag. It was a hoot...

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