We returned to Hawaii several times after that first trip. Each trip having its own unique twist or dynamic. We were there when the Brady Bunch filmed their famous Hawaii episodes and played in the waves and sand with the Brady kids behind the historic Royal Hawaiian. We vacationed with my mom’s mother, sister and my cousin. At least once we rented a green VW Thing and toured the island, jungles and mountains. Visited Air Force friends of my parents and my sister and I stayed the night with them and learned about Man O War jelly fish when we had to forego a dip in the ocean. We stayed on Kauai and Maui and I stupidly passed on one trip to stay home to attend a summer high school class, then stupidly again several years later cut a trip short to return to my college girlfriend. My last trip to Hawaii was June 1999. It was my father’s last flight as a commercial pilot. He was based in Honolulu and was a Captain on the 747. At that time commercial pilots had to retire wh
Humorous rants and thoughts.