Sunrise at Bellows AFS Hawaii

[SERE Bear]

We woke up at 5:30am to greet the sun today. I fucking love Hawaii.

 

[Unannounced Fart]

So jealous...

 

[SERE Bear]

All the way to the right are the pixelated versions of my wife and son ( on top a huge root butress)

 

[Unannounced Fart]

I love the fact that Hawaii's time zone is 3 hours behind PST. That means if I wake up at 7am PST, then it's 4am in Hawaii and I get to start my day way early. You also don't waste a lot travel time, so a 5 hour flight is really only a 2 hour flight. Last time I went, we left at 6am PST and got there around 8am Hawaii time, so we didn't have to waste a day of traveling.

 

[SERE Bear]

my god there are a lot of thongs on the beaches this year. We were at Waimea Beach the last few days and thongs were everywhere. Im ok with that but most seem to be high school girls which IMO ISNT OK! I feel like a perv when they turn around and look so damn young. There Should be an 18 yr old requirment to wear a thong on the beach.

 

[SERE Bear]

This is Waimea Beach. The surf is flat in the summer for great snorkeling but it gets huge waves in the winter.

 

[DC]

That is beautiful. How is the humidity there? We've never been. We enjoyed a honeymoon in Jamaica and a couple of trips to S. Florida, but it was misery.

 

[SERE Bear]

We lived here from 07-11 and rarely felt the humidity. Maybe its the trade winds... Really if you dont like winter and dont mind a daily 5-15 minute shower then this place is damn near perfect as far as climate goes.

 

[RacerX]

Outstanding, love that place, got married there and had our wedding dinner at Merrimen's.

We love Maui as well, but family favorite is Lanai.

 

[Monster]

Lived there three years. Great to visit but it started getting a bit small after awhile. Maybe the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Outside of maybe Kenya and Vietnam on the South China Sea.

 

[DC]

One day we'll go!

 

[Unannounced Fart]

That is beautiful. How is the humidity there? We've never been. We enjoyed a honeymoon in Jamaica and a couple of trips to S. Florida, but it was misery.

When we went to Maui a couple summers ago, it was very humid for the week we were there, but then we hopped over to Kauai for another week, and it was not humid at all. We went to the Big Island this past winter, and no humidity at all.

I love Maui, but it's becoming a little too commercialized for me, but it's a great place to start if you've never been to Hawaii. Kauai is beautiful, but the whole island shuts down at like 9pm, which is not necessarily a bad thing. But I can see how you can get "island fever" on Kauai. I think the Big Island is a perfect mix of island paradise, combined with some of the luxuries of home. A colleague's husband is a native Hawaiian, and he said that whenever he wants to feel like he's really in Hawaii, he goes to the Big Island. I just love the variety of the terrain/scenery there. When you first land, it looks like you're on the moon with all the volcanic rock. As you circle around the island, it turns into farmland, then tropical jungle, then volcano, then coffee country, then beach/resorts. Supposedly, it also has the clearest waters of the Hawaiian islands and awesome snorkeling. I think it may be my favorite island, although I haven't been to Lanai yet, and it's been over 20 years since I've been to Oahu.

 

[SERE Bear]

We want to move back to Hawaii and Oahu is top on our list of islands for many reasons.

Beaches, oahu has the best beaches. Give me Waimea and Bellows over anything Maui has to offer
military bases, being retired military the access to medical & commissary/BX,NEX is huge
shopping- best Buy, home depot , malls, - sometimes you just need something and Oahu has everything

Oahu is more exspensive though and the traffic can suck.

 

[Unannounced Fart]

Yes, I can see how Oahu would be the best choice if you're going to live there.


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[SERE Bear]

My wife and 16yr old son boogie boarding. My son got dropped off the top of the wave and his feet are skywards. He actually saved the ride and reached shore haha

 

[DC]

Badass.

 

[botfly10]

****

 

[SERE Bear]

Just checked in to the Hale Koa hotel in Waikiki for our last 5 nights.

 

[Monster]

Been there many times. Great place.
Was shocked how many bums are in Waikiki now.
And not local either. But I get it. Big money down there.

 

[SERE Bear]

Hammered on Waikiki tonight. Long islands and MiaTies

Diamond Head