Hawaii! Dinarte's birthday bash in Maui, and a side trip to the Big Island
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Our room at the Four Seasons | | Kenny in the pool |
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Kenny drinking | | Hula dancers |
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Dinarte does the hula too | | Haleakala |
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Haleakala - base of crater | | Middle of crater |
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Eric hiking | | Base of Halemau trail |
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Windsurfers at Ho'okipa beach | | Kenny gets slathered with sunblock |
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Kilauea crater at Volcanoes National Park | | Ocean at Volcanoes National Park |
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Hale'maumau crater | | Kenny gets a ride |
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Steam bluffs | | Steam is hot |
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Pheasant mating dance | | Kenny got his very own infant boarding pass on the flight to Honolulu |
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There's plenty of leg room in first class... | | We forgot toys for the flight over, so I put some pennies and a flower into a water bottle for Kenny as a rattle. |
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Tom and Lisa | | Chuck and Erik |
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Jonathan and Lucy | | Sean and Joe |
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Sylvia, Kenny and Eric | | Honolulu |
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The view from our room at the Four Seasons | | A very nice welcoming cheese platter |
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They had a little gift package for Kenny, including swim diapers | | They also spelled out his name in little sponges next to the tub! |
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The view on the beach - black volcanic rock, and white coral, that will at some point in the future become sand | | Dinner at the Pacific Grill |
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We loved the hotel | | Breakfast buffet - yummy! |
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Kenny gets to try some papaya | | Kenny in his swim diapers |
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Kenny and mommy at the pool | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6840.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6854.jpg) | Kenny plays waiter at poolside, with one of the little iced cloths they hand out. | | Beautiful grounds |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6855.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6856.jpg) | | | You could exercise if you wanted to (we didn't) |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6860.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6861.jpg) | View from the club level patio | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6862.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6864.jpg) | Fresh arrangements in the lobby | | The reading area at the club level lounge |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6868.jpg) | | | Another view from our patio | |
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| At the birthday party. Not all of these photos are ours.
| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0002.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0019.jpg) | The setting | | Everyone got "leied" |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0039.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0050.jpg) | Erik, Steve and Maria, Dinarte's sister | | Eric taking pictures of everyone's leis |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6869.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6873.jpg) | The man himself - Dinarte with a very stylish lei | | Every guest got a gorgeous lei. We took pictures of most of them. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6874.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6875.jpg) | Chuck | | Lisa |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6876.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6877.jpg) | Steve | | Tom |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6878.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6880.jpg) | Sean | | Lucy |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6881.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6882.jpg) | Erik | | Joe |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6883.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6884.jpg) | John | | Jonathan |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6885.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0142.jpg) | Eric | | Maria |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0078b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0092b.jpg) | The group picture | | John and Dinarte |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0098b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0102b.jpg) | Sylvia, Dinarte and Eric | | Joe, Dinarte and Sean |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0121b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0124b.jpg) | Lisa and Tom | | Steve and Maria |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0130b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0141b.jpg) | Sylvia and Eric | | Lucy and Jonathan |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0147b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0151b.jpg) | The gays | | The guys |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0144c.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0153.jpg) | The gals | | We had no bow for Dinarte's present, so we substituted flowers. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0031.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6887.jpg) | Beautiful sculpted ice Happy Birthday sign. | | The "over the hill" birthday cake |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0183.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0218.jpg) | | | The hula show was top-notch. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0246.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0276.jpg) | | | Eric gettin' down |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0305b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_683e0323.jpg) | Dinarte surrounded by hula dancers | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6906.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6907.jpg) | Dinarte and John with the hula dancers, after the show. | | Lucy with a palm headdress |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6908.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6915.jpg) | These were the most scrumptious little cakes. The one on the far left had its topping licked off by a stray cat. | | The next day, we drove to Haleakala National Park, and did a hike down the Sliding Sands trail, and up the Halemau trail. Some views from the drive up. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6917.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6919.jpg) | | | Science city, on the top of Haleakala, where all the observatories are |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6920.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6921.jpg) | There was a group riding horse about to go down the mountain as well - luckily they took a long time to get going, so we never saw them in the crater. As a matter of fact, we saw nobody at all in the crater the whole day, except for 3 people that were walking out when we were about 15 minutes into the hike. | | Views of the crater |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6924.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6927.jpg) | Thank goodness the weather started to get a little warmer here. At the top it was freezing cold and windy | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6937.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6938.jpg) | Our first view of the silversword plant | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6939.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6940.jpg) | | | Cool rocks everywhere...you could be on the moon! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6944.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6949.jpg) | | | The silversword in bloom |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6963.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6973.jpg) | Starting to see a little bit of green again | | ...then we're back to black lava again... |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6994.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_6996.jpg) | Starting to get close to the Holua cabin | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7018.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7029.jpg) | At Holua cabin | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7024.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7028.jpg) | Looking for the old Halemau trail | | An old lava flow. The weather is starting to get foggy and drizzly |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7032.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7033.jpg) | Reaching the base of the Halemau trail. | | Starting to see some huge ferns here, since there's so much more moisture around |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7037.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7041.jpg) | The trail out is a very easy walk - gentle steady slope all the way up. | | Ohelo berries. I used to pick these all the time when I worked here. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7042.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7048.jpg) | Interesting "pyramid" visible from the trail | | Views from the trail up |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7049.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7050.jpg) | This very expensive fence surrounds the park. It's meant to keep non-native animals (cats, goats, pigs) out. | | After finishing the hike, we had to hitchhike a ride back to our car, at the top of the mountain. It was COLD! Luckily we waited only 15 minutes - the 4th car picked us up. Maybe because I was jumping up and down, and waving. Eric was less enthusiastic. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7055.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7054.jpg) | I lived in both of these buildings when I worked at the park, in 1991/1992. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7057.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7059.jpg) | Beautiful clouds on the drive down | | Stopped at a fruit stand to buy some guavas and loquats from a very friendly guy. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7060.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7064.jpg) | And then back to luxury at the Four Seasons! This was the evenings desert buffet | | Hanging out in the club lounge |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7063.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7070.jpg) | | | Next mornings breakfast buffet |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7073.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7075.jpg) | Dinarte and John spend a lot of time lounging at the pool | | Kenny followed their example |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7080.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7086.jpg) | Eric got a foot massage the day after the hike. It felt good at the time, but didn't alleviate the soreness for very long. | | Afternoon tea - salmon sandwiches, roast duck sandwiches, and egg salad sandwiches |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7085.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7087.jpg) | ...plus wonderful little tea cakes | | Hanging out at the beach with Kenny |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7102.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7112.jpg) | | | Hors d'oeuvres that evening were chicken wings, lumpia, crab legs elegantly cut, gazpacho, and sushi |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7119.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7121.jpg) | And the desert buffet included poached pears, little crepe thingies, cookies, chocolate truffle deserts, etc. | | We hung out in Paia on the way to the airport. It's a unique place, kind of a hippie town. Interesting signs at the local grocery. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7126.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7127.jpg) | The natural food grocery | | A world famous windsurfing beach is nearby |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7137.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7150.jpg) | On the flight to the island of Hawaii | | Papaya tree |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7155.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7159.jpg) | We took a very hot walk around noon near Kona - not a great idea. | | Kona village |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7154.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7165.jpg) | Resting in the shade | | The Pu'ukohala Heiau - an old Hawaiian temple. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7166.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7172.jpg) | | | Hanging out at a park. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7175.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7177.jpg) | The area around Kona was a moonscape of black lava | | At Volcanoes National Park |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7184.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7188b.jpg) | Fern fiddleheads | | Thurston Lava Cave |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7192.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7195.jpg) | Inside the cave | | Desolation Trail - one of the few stroller friendly trails around. It may have been desolated when the trail was first built years ago, but since then lots of vegetation has come up. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7200.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7203.jpg) | Ferns growing in the little cavities where I assume trees were. | | The view down to the crater |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7220.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7223.jpg) | Interesting volcanic formations | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7234.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7257.jpg) | Kenny at an overlook | | At the end of the road, there's often lava flows visible in the distance, at least at night. Unfortunately, we saw nothing but old lava flows, which were still interesting. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7254.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7267.jpg) | We postulated that some hot lava may have hit this sign. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7296.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7313.jpg) | | | At the park museum, we saw this rock pick covered in lava |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7317.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7318.jpg) | View of the steam vents | | Kilauea Military Camp, where Eric spent some time with his family when he was a kid. There's lots of cottages where folks in the military can stay. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7321.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7339.jpg) | | | The steam bluffs were nearby |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7351.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7372.jpg) | Pretty hot! | | Lehua tree |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7378.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7380.jpg) | Kenny at the Volcano house, where we had dinner | | He slid off the high chair pretty quickly, so we fed him in his stroller |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7382.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7387.jpg) | Walking around Kona | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7391.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2004/hawaii/gallery_img_7396.jpg) | Hibiscus in the rain | | The saddle road over the island. It was fresh and cool up here... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |