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Happy 2008	This picture was taken during the beach fireworks by Tina We had a great time... I hope your New Years celebration was the best ever. In the Year 2008, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.
Happy Birthday Samantha	Samantha, Troy and I went to Oahu for Samantha's birthday on November 20th, 2007, Her 28th Birthday.  Here is what we did.  What a hoot!
Summer 2007	June 13th, 2007 - This is the life! - June 22 UPDATE My life is full of paddling!  I have found my home, great friends, a great job, an amazing lifestyle, and an unbelievable amount of Aloha!
Rhian's 30th Bday	March 2nd, 2007 - What a hoot!  All of Rhian's friends and family celebrating this important birthday. Amazing what an old movie can bring out in everyone! Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rock'n Rhian!
Napali Sunset Cruise	January 14, 2007 - Napali Sunset Cruise w/ Jennifer Jennifer's visit just became more and more interesting.  We had ...
Jennifer Gant's Visit	January 1-3, 2007: Jennifer Gant's visit to Kauai For those of you that don’t know Jennifer, she is my niece; Bill’s 3rd child. We are enjoying the heck out of her company. So, in celebration of Jennifer’s visit she is writing the blog during her stay with us. Yeh!   It’s day three of thirteen ...
Christmas on Kaua'i	December 23-25, 2006: Christmas on Kauai Wow! What an amazing Christmas this year!  Where do I start???? First, we had a trip to the hospital.
Lauhala Weaving	November, 2006: Lauhala Weaving This was our first lesson in making items from Lauhala.  We got a group of us . . .
Party...down	October 23, 2006 & Another Party later in November Last night we had a fantastic house warming and Lanai christening with friends.  Rhian, Craig, Tom and John played music . . .
Hurricane Hits Hawaii	10/15/06: QuKe HiTs HaWaIi Yep!, it was a shake'n this morning.  We had two big one's on our island.  Seems the Big Island, Maui, and Oahu are still getting some aftershocks.  The first thing we did was look to see if the next step was coming.... tsunami.  Of course, called Hal to see if there was anything on the news there as we couldn't find anything for almost an hour.  So, they had major problems on the Big Island and Oahu but we had no power outages or anything.  Dawn
Gant's on Kaua'i 2006	8/10/06 - 8/24/06: The big adventures during our summer this year!
Flat Stanley's Visit	8/06: Flat Stanley arrived on Kaua‘i in August of 2006.  His arrival was celebrated by Dawn & Samantha, friends of Tyler Thompson, with Lei’s and kisses at the airport in Lihue...
Arizona Wedding	4/1/06: My Trip to Arizona for my niece April's wedding was great fun.  The first thing I did the morning I left was leave early.  The rain was starting at 2 inches per hour and I was very anxious to leave.  I spent more time at the Honolulu airport before my flight to Phoenix but that was fine with me.  I was ready to get off... the island.  Something 4 I thought I would never wish . . .
Kauai Flooding	3/15/2006 - 3/16,17 & 3/22/2006 I've received many emails about the flooding you are hearing about on the news.  here is the latest: Yes, the flooding is pretty bad here.  We have more . . .
Dawn's Favorite Things 2005	1/4/06: I thought I'd do my Picks for 2005 favorites... Web sites that is Hope you enjoy.
Mele Kalikimaka	12/22/05: Well, spurred on by Elva's chat message to give some news, I thought I'd write a bit about what I've been doing lately.  First, I'd like to wish everyone a Mele Kalikimaka.
PGA Grand Slam of Golf	11/21/05: I went to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf today.  This is the "toughest qualifying of any event in golf".  Each participant is a 2005 major championship winner.  The game will be televised (7 p.m.-10 p.m. ET on TNT) and Wednesday (6 p.m.-10 p.m. ET on TNT) so look for me on TV!  First was a Champions Clinic that was live
Tidbits	8/25/05-9/16/05: I was emailing some friends this week and thought I'd take some parts I was sharing with them and add them to the website.  Also, Marva, from CHRISTUS, AIM'd me and it made think of sharing just some basic news with everyone there since it's been a bit since I last wrote.  I'm actually still going on a lot of adventures on the island...
Gant's on Kaua`i	8/2/05 :  Gant Visit Wow!  I haven't written in a long time.  I got an email from Donna (Volunteer for Spohn) and she asked if I was still alive so figured I'd write a bit today.  So many things have been going on but the reason I've not written is my camera is broken again...
Movie Tours	7/29/05: Yesterday was my first Solo day driving the Movie Tours bus.  I had a problem finding people at two of the hotels as they have two entrances but finally it was straightened out.  I went to 7 locations to ...
Kapaa Home	7/25/05: Well, I got all my furniture finally.  So, I thought I'd share a video of my digs.  Hope you enjoy it.  Dawn
Ke`e Beach	7/21/05: Today was an amazing day snorkeling.  I went to Ke'e beach; since the sea was a bit rough at Tunnels.  I took Todd's Hawaiian sling ...
Movie Tours	7/11/05: I did the Movie Tour as a Driver in Training Friday, today, and I will again on Monday.  That will be 4 days of training counting the one last week.  I do the driving to pick up and then the driving returning from pickup with ...
Tunnels	6/30/05: A few tidbits I thought I would share.  It's just not the same to be able to add pictures but I have a bit of news and a couple of things that were interesting the last week. My camera will be here on ...
My Desk	6/25/05: These are shots from my video camera at the window next to my desk.  The first is just a quick video, then click to view the captures I did with the video cam.  The birds are ...
Passion Fruit	6/15/05: So, Ralph looked it up in a book he had and we went to look for an unnamed waterfall and the one I had read about called Ho'opii Falls.  It was a moderate hike with a couple of really tough hills ...
Hanapepe Visit	6/13/05: I went to Hanapepe today to take a picture of Hal's special order board today for him.  They are going to put it on display until he gets here to pick it up.  He was pretty "stoked" to ...
Bon Dance	6/8/05: I went to the "Bon-Odori" or Bon dance, a religious folk dance at the Buddhist temple at the bottom of the hill where I live.  It was originally given to comfort the spirit of the dead during the o-bon season.  Each district has its own songs and styles of dancing. The one I attended was a type of Folk Dance ...
Unwelcome Guest	6/6/06: The Cane Spider (also known as the Large Brown Spider) is one big spider. Usually the size of a can of tuna fish (YES IT ALMOST WAS!), this spider has a huge body and thick ...
Beaches	5/31/05: Yesterday I went to Anini beach.  It was nice because it was not crowded.  I imagine because it is really not apparent where the beach is.  It took me one wrong turn with a stop to look over the Cliffside ...
Learning Hawaiian	5/23/05: I'm beginning to pick up some Hawaiian terms.  I don't think I will ever pick it all up but with the revival of the Hawaiian language it is certainly going to be easy to pick up some common phrases ...
Kapaa Home	5/20/05: The move went great.  It took about 3 specific trips to move from Hanapepe.  The first was to move my desk only.  It is 3 pieces and filled the van.  The second trip that evening was almost all of the rest and then Saturday morning I took ...
Hanalei Camping	5/2/05: I went camping last weekend with Isabelle and Buddy at Hanalei- Map (it's one of the northern most communities).  I had forgotten that I had been to this area once with Hal and Karen.  I remember the surf was a bit high and we didn't stay long.  The surf was medium during ...
May Day Lei Day	5/1/05: At the Annual May Day Lei Contest today I had a treat common to the islands called "shave ice" (not shaveD ice). It is similar to what mainlanders call a snow cone, but much better and finer. The barista used a machine to prepare a finely shaved ice, and offered different syrups ...
Kipu Falls	4/18/05: Today I went to Kipu Falls.  I met Liz and her friend Horace in town and we went together.  Liz lives in one of the cottages.  She is a wedding photographer and Horace is also a wedding photographer visiting ...
Great Food!	4/14/05: Jackie had a potluck as a celebration of her move to the north side of the island.  I mentioned her before.  She works for KISC (Kauai Invasive Species Committee).  Several of her co-workers came and it was an amazingly diverse menu and guests ...
Snorkeling Salt Pond	4/10/05: Sunday Todd and I went to the Salt Ponds but the waves were so active that we couldn't see anything.  We then went to Shipwreck Beach, to the left of Brennecke's Beach in Poipu to snorkel.    The water was very choppy ...
Queen's  Bath	4/6/05: I finally went to Queen's Bath. It was the best! The walk down the path was pretty difficult and the walk UP the path took much longer LOL. I saw the greatest things and met many people. It is truly beautiful on the north side of the island and this place really showed how beautiful and rough it can be all in one package ...
Luau	3/26/05: I went to a Luau in Kekaha (Almost the farthest south you can go).  The host and hostess were Isabelle and Buddy from the jewelry store in front of the Hanapepe hotel.  I'm sure I've mentioned ...
Hanapepe Town	3/22/05: Todd and I carried out the food around noon.  Everyone was out front of their store on chairs, stools, etc. Some were all dressed up in picture hats to celebrate.  I met everyone, sat around and ate spaghetti, drank wine, and ...
Snorkeling	3/16/05: Sunday, I went snorkeling at Poipu.  The weather was just perfect.  I worked in the morning and then went to Poipu at about 2pm.  There were very few people there.  The fish were amazing.  I saw a Christmas Wrasse that was much larger than this example.  I also ...
Walk About	3/11/05: As I passed Kakaha I continued down the Na Pali turn off that takes you to the coast that you see in all of the movies.  This is also where Kauai was first populated by the ancient Hawaiians.  It is amazing and beautiful.  The road is bumpy and surrounded by cane, corn ...
Security Certification	3/8/05: Yesterday I studied most all day.  Remember those books?  Gotta read them they tell me L Today, Wednesday, the first thing . . .
Hanapepe Walk	3/2/05 -3/7/05: Took a walk up a path I found across from my driveway.  You can see where I started and at the top of the . . .
My Cottage	3/6/05: Five days in Kauai now! What an adventure! As most of you know I quit my job, sold my house; with most of my belongings, said Aloha to my children and moved to Kauai! My lifelong dream to work for myself and live where I have always dreamed of living has finally come true. For those of you who didn't know I was moving ... Aloha!
Did you know I quit drinking caffeine?  I don't need it in the morning anymore.  I have a replacement on my roof...

Click to Enlarge   The islands of Hawaii were created when an enormous fissure on the bed of the Pacific Ocean formed what is known today as the Hawaiian Ridge. Six major islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui and the Big Island, moving clockwise from the Westernmost island) make up the above-water tip of that ridge: a verdant, volcanic, vacation haven that attracted 6.9 million tourist visits in 2004.   2005 Poipu Beach, Kauai named BEST BEACH IN US

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