Saturday, December 28th
Our 4th day in Hawaii and the tan lines are starting to show. Today Ethan took one for the team and went for the morning run with Bill. While they were out, the rest of us headed to the condo pool. A few laps, a few laughs and a little down time was just right for this morning. Bill and Ethan returned and they all took a quick trip to the Alo Manoa mall to pick up new pair runners for Patrick. I stayed and guarded the pool.
Our excursion today was Patrick's pick. It was the LOST tour. Our tour guide was Scottie, a young man, I would guess in his mid to late 30's. He picked us up in his company Hummer around 1:00 pm.
For the next five hours we were driver all over the island to different locations where filming took place.
LOST was one of the shows we had access to; there was also Hawaii 5-0, and a few movies 50 1st Date, Jurassic Park . And just as interesting was the history behind some of the areas we visited.
This was a foot print from Godzilla.
50 First Dates
And our course Jurassic Park. Our guide was a seasoned pro at this job and he was able to help make some of the pictures more interesting. For example, this one with the dinosaur - he held up a plastic dinosaur while he took the picture. I thought this was too cool.
Scottie, along, with our three Lost fanatics, was an avid fan and in addition to showing up places, he had pictures and video outtakes to show the actual comparison. Now if you're not a big LOST fan, some of this "stuff" can be boring. But it was really cute when Scottie added some of his "movie" magic to make a picture look more authentic. For example:
This was an actual bunker that had been built at the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It now sits on private land, which the people have donated for access by the public
The was the infamous Hurley golf course
And our guide magically added Hurley to our family
Bill wasn't feeling bad about leaving his golf clubs at home.
Again with the magic of a dinky car, it looks like Bill and Patrick are actually pushing the van down the hill
IT was a great tour and well enjoyed by all - great choice Patrick. I think Bill and I are going to now sit down and watch the entire series, in order.
After the tour, we unloaded our gear and headed to the beach to find a good place for dinner. We should have put a little more thought into dinner location, especially since it was a Saturday night, middle of Waikiki and right around the dinner hour. The wait time for our first few choices as close to 90 minutes, so we ended up at a little restaurant called The Big Kahuna. It was off the beaten path, and most importantly, it had no wait time. The food was good, but a little show service. Seems all the staff had left the island for the Christmas season (really - people do that) Luckily our waitress was a little overwhelmed with all her tables and Patrick didn't get asked for I.D.
It was another early evening but that was planned because Sunday was a going to be an early start.
Night
Stacey
LOVE LOST!
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