Andrea and I had dinner at the Beach House Restaurant at the Fairmont Orchid Hotel on the Kohala
Coast of the Big Island.
The lamplighter makes his rounds at the Orchid Hotel.
At the koi pond at the Orchid Hotel.
Some old style surfboards at the Orchid Hotel.
At the Luana Lounge at the Orchid Hotel.
When we got back from the Big Island, the lawn really needed mowing.
So we bought an electric (battery) lawn mower. RTFM (read the "friendly" manual), I always say.
California 53rd AD Assemblymember-elect Betsy Butler and her mom Peg joined us for
Thanksgiving dinner along with Lenore's friend Carol.
Andrea and I see off Betsy and Peg at the Hale Koa Hotel after a drive around Oahu.
Andrea and I hiked up the Wailupe Valley trail for about 70 minutes before we stopped, took a break,
and headed back down.
On the way we discovered many koa trees.
Taking a break up past the grove of norfolk pines.
Wednesday, December 8. Andrea and I at the coral cross at Saint Andrew's Priory
where we went to visit Leslie Arakaki's VEX team.
I mounted Prof. Johnson's carved head on a post in the back yard.
Working on my Platonic Luminous Levitizer, a hot air dirigible in the shape of an icosahderon.
December 25: Andrea gave me a Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS Digital ELPH camera for Christmas. This is
the first photo I took. Andrea using my computer.
December 26: Andrea and Lenore coming out of Long's Drugs in Hawaii Kai.
December 26: Andrea and Lenore prepare to unload the car after the shopping trip to Long's Drugs and
City Mill.
December 28: Andrea on the beach at Sans Souci.
December 30: A monk seal was sleeping on Sans Souci beach. Volunteers protected her privacy.
New Year's Eve: Zachary lights the pig roasting fire with flint and steel.
Sabrina cools the roasting pig with salt water spray.
Paul Zasada and Heeny Yuen.
When the pig is done, the chefs remove the savory crunchy skin as a pupu.
Senator Daniel Akaka and his wife Millie at the Young's New Year's party.
Strings of firecrackers were set off at the stroke of midnight.
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