Pet's Only

This week's photo challenge at I heart faces is pet's only -- so I couldn't resist putting up one of Meli. Go and check out lots of other awesome animals!

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Eddie Went!

This morning there was a lot of hemming and hawing -- would "the eddie" go or not? It wasn't until I was at work after 7 this morning that they decided it was on! People had been lining up since before the sun was up; thousands of people turned out to see 28 of the world's greatest big wave surfers take to Waimea Bay. We were even watching it live on our computers at work on and off -- its just amazing to see surfers take on 30+ ft. waves. There were quite a few wipeouts and broken boards. But, there were lots of 'wow' moments too. Turns out the Greg Long won in the last round. Not that I know who that is...but he's from California!

After work Meli and I went up the beach to see what we could see. Waves were supposed to be 15-25 ft. by us. They were higher and more frequent than usual and a few surfers were out trying to catch a wave or two. Not nearly as spectacular as on the North Shore, but nothing to sneeze at either.

Eddie Would Go

The waves are getting pretty high up on the North Shore...the question is...are they going to run the Eddie or not tomorrow? Looks likely, but we'll see. Last time it was run was 2004.

Eddie Aiku is quite the legend around these parts; the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay among other accomplishments.

Good luck surfers! I think I'll stay on the sidelines....

Thanksgiving In Iraq!!!!!

This picture is not from Thanksgiving, but I just wanted to prove to everyone that it does rain here, and when it does it makes a mess. Not to mention the fog that rolls in a few days after.

So this is how we celebrated Thanksgiving Iraq style. We get the food from the cooks in green containers. Then we put it out and we just dig in. If you notice the frozen pumpkin pie, I think it is still frozen to this day.

The little things in life. Getting to sit down and eat dinner off a plate and not out of a to-go box. Yes we even had fresh bread.

More food, think we had turkey, shrimp, crab legs, and everything else that you would have for thanksgiving dinner. I never thought about crab legs on Thanksgiving.

We even got a nice sunset. Well it only lasted a few seconds and no you do not get the green flash over here.

Just one of the passengers that night. A bomb sniffing dog, pretty cool I think.

Well over all Thanksgiving was ok. The food was good, but that is not as good as home cooked food, but I guess I can not complain.