Jackie's Life in Hawaii: February 2009

February 17, 2009

KOKO Crater Hike!

So this week went fast because I actually had appointments set up for interviews at 24 Hour Fitness. I felt uncomfortable their because they kept trying to sell me a membership at the same time they gave me interviews, also I worked out their two days and its soooo small compared to Gold's and it is crowded I did not like it! But its a job. Jobs are obviously limited on a Island....I'm considering waiting tables because in 4 months ill be going home for a while and what other job besides a restaurant will let you leave a month or two after only working 4 and come back to the same position? So we will see! This weekend was a 3 day weekend for JK! Friday we didn't do anything just watched a movie at the house, Saturday was V-Day we exchanged our cards and it was too windy to do what JK had planned I still have no clue what it was, guessing something on a boat. So we just did some shopping, went to lunch and drove around some. (Jimmy Buffett is our V-Day gifts on the 28th)Sunday was a beach day ,and Monday we decided to wake up and hike the koko crater trail. We have passed it multiple times before and said we will do it, Koko Crater is an extinct volcanic crater on the south shore of Oahu, which is more then 1,200 feet high we climbed every foot started at sea level(1,207 big steps)!

See that long trail up the middle of that mountain!!??

All the way to the top we go!

This is about where I blacked out and puked! Felt like someone off the biggest loser! lol

Obviously JK made me keep going we were almost their! he got a lil bit of my head in this pic. The "steps" are really a old rail system from WWII

I made it to the top thank God! so worth this view, looking inside the crater.

US! it was windy up their kinda chilly when you were all wet from sweat.

Man we are up here

That dark mountain all the way in the distance to the left is Diamond Head, Waikiki and Honolulu follow the coast beside it.

Me on the lip of the crater

JK on a bunker

February 09, 2009

Weekend Fun!

Wednesday will make a month I have been out here still no job... lack of opportunities on a island! Today is Monday so its a new week and I plan on job hunting everyday. Friday we went to a brewery downtown and hung out with some friends

The girls

The guys

US!

Saturday we were going to go to the beach but by the time Drew and Tawny made it to our side of the Island it had started to rain on and off so we went to the dive shop, got a smoothie, walked around and somehow ended up at the Nu'uanu Pali overlook (the bloodiest site in Hawaii) which I had never been to during the day. I went at night on a ghost tour back in November...it was pretty but chilly and windy!!! the guys had shoes so they decided to leave us at the bottom while they climbed up to the top on some trail they found but JK brought back pics check em out (I'm going up next time!)

Me on the lookout its kinda dark....

The look out (our side of the Island)

JK way up the side of the lookout....

Look at the Highway down their!!

Drew

Sunday was HOT!!!! it was also the Pro Bowl I took a pic of the Aloha Stadium when I drove by for Ashley lol and instead of fighting traffic (limos everywhere!) we all went to a cliff called the China Wall where Tawny and I sat and baked while the guys jumped off to scope out their next spear fishing spot, you can get tunas and octopus at this cliff! its a fun spot, you have to park infront of houses and walk a trail to the cliff and this is what you see!

Whale Watching Boat

Me =)

The water was really turning in this nook, scary looking down

JK and Drew

Drew

JK's Fins going down

The lowest part to get in and out, some scuba guy had a rope they used it helped a lot!

Tawny 8months preg climbing on cliffs with a spear gun lol

The Aloha Stadium

February 03, 2009

Super Bowl Weekend

This week JK tried a few times to get the car registered...attempt one was a Sat. and the satellite office near the house is closed on Saturdays so we went to this mall that had one open....got their and it was a CRAZY line, we didn't wait! (should have) attempt two & three he worked too late, attempt four he got their at 4:30 thinking they closed at 5 well they close at 4 now!! So Saturday (a week later) bright and early we went to the one in the mall again and it was great! no line but when we got done it was a huge one =) yay I can drive now!!!! Oh yeah here's a pic. of my restaurant lol

Saturday night was our friend Ozzy's last few nights on the Island so we meet him at Ruby Tuesdays, you can always find Ozzy at Ruby Tuesdays...He didn't have any pics of his friends so I made a point to take a few at dinner Sat. and at the super bowl party Sun.