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hotheadgal
remembering (i don't know why i'm doing this)
Sep 10, 2005 12:27
i grew up here (sigh)
http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/vfts/oahu/oahu_se/air5.1.kailua.660x365.jpg
and would swim out to this island during low tide
http://www.kanelakai.com/flat-island.jpg
i hiked through kawai nui marsh a block from our house and tried to raise a pair of hawaiian stilt birds (Ae`o):
http://www.hisurf.com/~enchanted/kawainui/photogallery/marsh.jpg
before i walked to the beach i'd pick up manapua and shave ice from the kalapawai store
http://mogsrus.com/photos/oahu5.jpg
we row in the canal that wove through the town before meeting the ocean
http://www.kanelakai.com/canal2.jpg
go to hanauma bay to snorkle by parrot fish and the humuhumunukunukuapuaa:
http://www.makanikai.com/images/pali_makani_tour/large/Hanauma-Bay.jpg
to get to honolulu and waikiki, we would have to pass through the mountains on the pali highway
http://www.hawaiihighways.com/pali-hwy-1960-large.jpg
sometimes we would visit tourist hell for some reason or another
http://www.purevacations.com/surf/hawaii/Waikiki-Beach.jpg
my first animal welfare "action" was inspired by a trip to the honolulu zoo during which time i wrote in a notepad all the negligence and overt abuse that i perceived
http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/kazuo-yamamoto/report/honozoo.jpg
look for opihi and sea cucumbers in the lanikai tide pools
http://images3.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/9994c.jpg
but eventually flew out of the honolulu airport
http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/HONOLULU/OLDTOWER-CU.jpg
to arrive in portland oregon
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Hood/hood_from_portland.jpg
highschoolin oregon city, snogging with gay boys on the lookout
http://www.ldsmissions.net/opm/pics/oregoncity/Oct04OregonCity_lookingnorthtowardClackamasarea.JPG
undergrad years dyking it up in corvallis
http://www.visitcorvallis.com/downtown.jpg
rafting the rogue, deschutes, white salmon
http://www.ohwy.com/or/r/roguervr.jpg
kissing a girl finally at 18 in forest park
http://www.pova.org/meeting_planners/green_meetings/images/forest_park.jpg
living in the west hills during my year from there to here
http://www.travelportland.com/visitors/photos/images/washingtonpark1.jpg
taking the max to downtown and appreciating the smooth hum
http://www.heritagetrolley.org/IMAGES/portland19.JPG
than acceptance to vet school
https://engineering.purdue.edu/UVAC/Images/Continuum.jpg
move to lafayette indiana
http://www.stat.purdue.edu/images/Candids/Misc/downtown%202-sm.jpg
into the flat expanse
http://www.hamusutaa.net/indy2/indiana.jpg
trying to find solice
http://web.mit.edu/amitd/www/pics/chicago/lakeshore.jpg
http://nwihbc.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/snowtrees.jpg
and now just considering options
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/perez/paintings/veterinarian.jpg
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