DRIVING UP TO PAAUILO, HAWAI'I!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FROM BETHEL, ALASKA MOVED TO THE BIG ISLAND AND RESIDES IN PAAUILO AREA.  

IT WAS A PERFECT BEAUTIFUL DAY TO DRIVE UP THE HAMAKUA ROAD AND THEN TOWARDS "MAUKA" (TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN SIDE)...  WATCH THE VIDEO AND ENJOY THE RIDE!!!

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3RD & FINAL DAY OF HO'OLAULEA IN KEAUKAHA.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

AS ALWAYS...  ALL EVENTS MUST COME TO AN END...  BUT IN KEAUKAHA...  WE ALWAYS END ON A GOOD NOTE AND THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR AND MORE TO COME!!!

A BIG MAHALO TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT FOR MAKING THIS EVENT POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY!!!

I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND IN DEBT TO ALL OF YOU!!!

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED MY COVERAGE OF OUR HO'OLAULEA IN KEAUKAHA!!!

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HO'OLAULEA 2ND NIGHT - BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

AFTER OUR BUSY DAY...  IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE KAWANANAKOA GYM FOR OUR 2ND NIGHT OF OUR HO'OLAULEA...  BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!!

UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET TO PLAY AS I AM NOT A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER...  OR BETTER YET A SHOOTER...  LOL!!!

SO INSTEAD I CHEERED ON MY TEAM, "FRONT STREET GANG" REPRESENTING "KALANIANAOLE AVE."

ANOTHER FUN NIGHT WITH OHANA & HOALOHA!!!

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MY 2ND DAY IN KEAUKAHA SUMMER 2013!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

AFTER A LONG DAY OF RUNNING AND A NIGHT OF VOLLEYBALL...  ANOTHER NEW DAY HAS BEGUN WITH MANY MORE ACTIVITIES TO DO!!!

WOKE UP KAHEALANI EARLY IN THE MORNING...

WENT TO GO HAVE BREAKFAST AT THE NEWLY OPENED "ZIPPY'S RESTAURANT" AT THE KUHIO PLAZA.

  

ALL I GOTTA SAY IS KAHEALANI HAS A BOTTOMLESS "OPU" (STOMACH) IN THAT SKINNY FRAME OF HER'S.  I WATCHED IN AMAZEMENT HOW SHE FINISHED EVERYTHING...  THAT SCARY LOOKING DOUGHNUT AND THE CHILI BOWL AND SODA FLOAT PLUS A BREAKFAST SANDWICH!!!  OH I ONLY HAD A LARGE "LILIKOI DRINK".

ENOUGH SAID!!!

THEN I WENT TO "SPORT'S AUTHORITY" TO SHOP...

  

I BOUGHT ANOTHER SET OF "ASICS RUNNING SHOES" AND PLAYED AROUND THE STORE WITH KAHEALANI...  LOL!!!

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MORE FROM MY RECENT HAWAI'I TRIP!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

"HO'OLAULEA IN KEAUKAHA" HAS BEGUN!!!

TONIGHT IS THE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT!!!

 IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.  I GOT TO REUNITE WITH PEOPLE WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN IN OVER 20+ YEARS!!!

AN ALL AROUND GOOD NIGHT AND KAHEALANI AS USUAL...  ENJOYING HER TIME AS WELL!!!

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MY 1ST DAY BACK TO BEAUTIFUL HILO, HAWAI'I!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

I KNOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I POSTED ON MY BLOG.  I JUST GOT BACK FROM MY AWWWESOME TRIP HOME TO BEAUTIFUL KEAUKAHA IN HILO, HAWAI'I.

I ARRIVED IN HILO ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE VERY NEXT MORNING I TOOK KAHEALANI TO SCHOOL AND ATE BREAKFAST WITH HER AND HER CLASSMATES...  HONESTLY...  THE SCHOOL GOTTA CHANGE UP THEIR BREAKFAST...  IT ISN'T HEALTHY IN ANY WAY...  JUST SEE WHAT I MEAN...

SO PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED MY THE USDA!!!

ANYWAYS...  RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST I GOT TO MEET WITH KAHEALANI'S TEACHER AND CHECKED OUT HER CLASSROOM AND IT'S THE VERY SAME CLASSROOM I WAS IN FOR THE 6TH GRADE.  HOW NOSTALGIC WAS THAT...  LOL!!!

IT SURE BROUGHT BACK ALOT OF GOOD MEMORIES!!!

SHORTLY AFTER THAT I WENT FOR A RUN ALONG KALANIANAOLE AVE ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF MY RUN.

HERE IT IS!!!

  

 YOU CAN'T BEAT THE WEATHER AND THE VIEWS!!!

RIGHT AFTER MY RUN...  I WENT HOME AND SHOWERED AND THEN GOT A HAIRCUT THEN I WAS HUNGRY AND I WENT SHOPPING FOR SOME GRINDS AND ALL THE WHILE I'M SHOPPING I CAME ACROSS SOME REALLY COOL PICS!!!

AFTER SEEING ALL OF THAT...  THIS IS WHAT I SHOPPED FOR...  LOL!!!

AND THEN I WENT TO GO VISIT MY COUSIN KALEO AND ATE THIS INSTEAD...  LOL!!!

CAN YOU BLAME ME???

FRESH PAPAYAS, A BANANA, AND SPROUTED WHEAT BAGEL!!!

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