We ♥ Hawaii – Back to Honolulu

To celebrate the Ghunnies’ wedding anniversary on July 19 (has it already been 3 years!) we returned to the shores of Oahu. This time we brought along my mother, also a big fan of the islands. While mom went shopping and got caught up (“talk story”) with her Hawaiian friends and our extended ohana (family), Maureen and I went wreck diving


(swam through the Sea Tiger, a smuggling boat confiscated by the Hawaii coast guard, sunk and now resting at 120 feet), attended the 39th annual Ukulele Festival in Kapiolani Park,

lunched at the Ihilani hotel (next door to the famed Lanikuhonua),



snorkeled at the Ko 'Olina lagoons, and had a great dinner with our friend Ben Vegas and his wife Josie. Ben was kind enough to

perform with his music partner, the incomparable Maila Gibson, and their band (as well as being the emcee) at our wedding at Laniku. Mahalo!