San Francisco

Had the sports weekend of a lifetime last weekend, Sept. 25-27. Flew down Friday morning to San Francisco, CA and spent the day exploring the city by foot. Actually rode the cable car to Fisherman's Wharf and walked back to the downtown hotel. Returned via North Beach, through Chinatown on down to Market St. - the main thoroughfare.

Friday night went to the S F Giants vs. Chicago Cubs baseball game at AT & T park. Saturday attended the Univ. of Washington Huskies vs. Stanford Cardinal football game. Unfortunately, the Huskies did not play well and got creamed. Then Sunday to top it all off, went to the Oakland Raider vs. Denver Bronco football game. What an experience that was. Hotter than blazes and crowd is from another planet. I saw at least 5 people led out in handcuffs and another 6 or so escorted out by police. Not a place to take your grandmother.

Fun in Paradise

Donna and I just returned from Kona, Hawaii on Sunday the 6th. We visted her brother and his wife. They are my FAVORITE relatives in the whole wide world. We put over 800 miles on the rental car so you know we saw a lot of the island. Highlights included a helicopter ride over Hilo and the nearby waterfalls and volcano. We flew over areas where we could see paved roads leading to nowhere as lava had buried whole housing divisions. Small areas of vegetation would be left with the roads still there but, the houses had either been moved or burned to the ground. We flew over the area where lave was flowing into the sea. Huge steam clouds were evident but, it was difficult to see flowing lava as it was obscured by the steam or flowing underwater.

We did some snorkeling, drove all over the island exploring and ate some great meals. In fact, the last evening we went to a buffet at the Four Seasons Hotel/Resort and sat two tables away from Bill Gates and his family. One of the highlights was our day trip up to the Waipio lookout. Only 4 wheel drive vehicles can descend into the valley but, our view from the lookout was amazing.

Greg and Donna