Banal Leakage » pictures http://www.banalleakage.com Random Bits of Whatever Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ My Hawaii Vacation – The Photos http://www.banalleakage.com/2009/04/22/my-hawaii-vacation-the-photos/ http://www.banalleakage.com/2009/04/22/my-hawaii-vacation-the-photos/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:41:03 +0000 martymankins http://www.banalleakage.com/?p=1446 How long has it been since I’ve been back from Hawaii? It’s been over a month. A MONTH!! HOLY SHIT people. I’ve made you wait way too long.

This post is being broken up into two parts. This one covers the photos with captions. I also have a fun little video I’ve put together of me at the beach, which I will post soon.

So without further delays, here’s a photo summary of my trip to Hawaii.

airplane wing water
- Coming into our final decent into the airport
Aloha
- and we have landed and are going to get our baggage
Marty on Waikiki
- On the beach at Waikiki. Vast ocean behind me.
bar view of beach
- the view from our table at a hotel bar, looking at Waikiki beach
Penguins
- we found penguins in Hawaii…
penguin explained
… and the reason why they are in Hawaii
Pearl Harbor -sign
- onto Pearl Harbor – that’s my wife standing by the sign
Arizona Memorial
- The Arizona Memorial
Kona airport
- landed at Kona Int’l airport. I don’t know who that is in front of me
golf course
- the view outside our room at the Hilton Grand Vacations Beach Resort. No, I didn’t play golf in Hawaii… I know… Doh!
Hilton bay
- the bay at the Hilton’s main hotel area (walking distance from the Hilton Grand Vacations)
kayak
- Kealakekua Bay – we kayaked here and went snorkeling
Marty and Reba
- at Pu’uhonuaohonaunau Park – that’s me and my wife. The happy looking couple we are
dark palm tree
- I’ve always wanted to take a photo like this.. oh yeah, I did
horseback riding
- even though it rained, we both had fun horseback riding
Marty at Hapuna State Beach
- I belong at the beach, especially a nice beach like Hapuna State Beach
RR MM initials
- we’ve still got that romantic side to us
Reba Marty akaka falls
- another great happy photo of my wife and I at Akaka Falls, near Hiro
volcano
- incredible to see a live volcano (no lava this trip)
lava tube
- the entrance to the lava tube, part of the volcano area

and one last shot of Hawaii…

sunrise
- the morning of our last day in Hawaii. A parting sunrise

Loved It

And that’s my vacation summary in photos. Next up is a video that documents all that photos can’t capture.

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There are some photos that simply speak for themselves.

Pee Wee wanna be
I hope Paul Reubens doesn’t come after me.

That was me in 1967. Way before Paul Reubens created his Pee-Wee Herman persona. And while most of us don’t remember what we did when we were 4 years old, looking back at a picture like this makes me wish we could.

Another Year Older

So today is my birthday – I know, shameless plug. But as each year adds another tick mark to my ticker, I tend to reflect back on my childhood. When my mom passed away in April 2006, I spent days going through all of the boxes of photos she had accumulated. I found all sorts of pictures [like the one above] that took me back to a place in time that I either didn’t remember at all or could remember vividly like it was yesterday.

And while I know the memories do fade over time, at least I can look at a picture and relive a brief moment of what I looked like many years ago.

Current Day

Today here in Park City, I am waiting for the sun to come out so I can enjoy my day. A day spent with my daughter, my wife’s granddaughter and of course, my wife. And 10 years from now, I will look at the photos from today and reflect back, bringing back those memories.

That should be interesting.

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