West Jordan was out for a few days .....

Well, we weren't snow bound either - we took Uncle from Altadena someplace warm. I took a plunge on a compact digital better than my cell phone (finally) and we shot over 650 frames, so we would bore everyone past tears by trying to post more than a sample of them ....
Here is the major stuff just for a sample .....

Oahu - Honolulu - Pearl Harbor





USS Arizona Memorial -----------------------------------------------------Battleship Missouri


Oahu - North Shore (Laie)

Polynesian Cultural Center ------------------------------------------- BYU Hawaii

Turtle Bay Resort ---------------------------------------------------------- Laie Hawaii Temple

Hotel: Pretty views and lots of serenity.... Temple: Even more serene and has lots of nice islanders in it.

At this temple we did ordinances for yet another revered Gates person - Freeman Egbert Gates (Uncle Freeman)

How's this for a seascape? (east coast of Oahu between Koko Head and Kaneohe)

Also on Oahu - Honolulu -- Hawaii State Capitol building, Iolani Palace

Then a trip to the Big Island ....

Hawaii - Hilo -- Ken's House of Pancakes, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut farm, lots of rain, Akaka Falls, more rain, Waipio Canyon, lots of coastline, lots of driving around. We went almost all the way round the coast road by the time we got done, Hilo Bay Cafe for one meal, WalMart, church services at the Ainaola Ward in Hilo on Sunday, Hawaii Volcano National Park, Kiluea Caldera, on our way over to.... Kailua Kona

and a visit to the other temple in the state of Hawaii

Kona Hawaii Temple (like it says on the sign) and more of our island friends

Hawaii - Kailua-Kona -- Quinn's Almost by the Sea Pub (for some Ono fish and chips), Kona Beach Hotel, Kona Hawaii Temple, more drives along the coast, and back to Kona to catch our plane to ...

Oahu - Honolulu -- Byodo-In Buddhist shrine (in Kaneohe actually ), Foster Botanical Gardens, Diamond Head (inside the crater), Sunset on the beach below Diamond Head, Duke's at the Waikiki Outrigger Hotel for great fresh fish (mahi-mahi)
Back to LA by air, drop off a very pleased Uncle Nick, overnight near airport and home.
That's it.