09-18-2020, 01:41 AM
I lived in Hawaii for a couple of years. It was my first duty station when I was active duty Navy, 1983-1985. I lived on a little tiny base outside Wahiawa in the middle of a rain forest. Most of the local cab drivers didn’t even know where the base was. It was very quiet and beautiful there. What I really enjoyed about Hawaii was that I felt it was a melting pot, so many nationalities and ethnic groups living there. I really liked all the different cultures.
I got a chance to vacation a few days on the Big Island of Hawaii. I marveled at all the different landscapes. I drove clockwise from Hilo all around the island. There were mountains, the lava fields outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and an area on the northwest part of the island that reminded me of ranches I saw when I was in Texas. It was just breathtaking.
When I was in the Navy Reserves, I got to do one of my two week annual active duty training stints in Everett Washington in 2005. I fell in love with Washington state. Seattle was so pretty and the people were so friendly. I got a chance to travel over the mountains to the north central part of Washington state. It went from mountains to a valley of high desert. In the mountains, it was like 40 degrees, and when we got over them going east, it was like 80 degrees. Just such a neat area.
I also did a two week annual training in 2004 in Newport Rhode Island. I loved the pretty countryside. And I had the best clam chowder I ever ate there.
So many states have so many different things that are really cool. Despite having been all over the world, I wound up back here in Wisconsin. I think I will stay in this state. The grass always looks greener elsewhere, but there’s no place like home.
I got a chance to vacation a few days on the Big Island of Hawaii. I marveled at all the different landscapes. I drove clockwise from Hilo all around the island. There were mountains, the lava fields outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and an area on the northwest part of the island that reminded me of ranches I saw when I was in Texas. It was just breathtaking.
When I was in the Navy Reserves, I got to do one of my two week annual active duty training stints in Everett Washington in 2005. I fell in love with Washington state. Seattle was so pretty and the people were so friendly. I got a chance to travel over the mountains to the north central part of Washington state. It went from mountains to a valley of high desert. In the mountains, it was like 40 degrees, and when we got over them going east, it was like 80 degrees. Just such a neat area.
I also did a two week annual training in 2004 in Newport Rhode Island. I loved the pretty countryside. And I had the best clam chowder I ever ate there.
So many states have so many different things that are really cool. Despite having been all over the world, I wound up back here in Wisconsin. I think I will stay in this state. The grass always looks greener elsewhere, but there’s no place like home.