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And this is Kauai. It’s the oldest and westernmost of the principal islands. It’s where they take helicopter rides to look at the mountains and valleys. It’s sparsely populated. Here is my first view of Hawaii.

One of the big attractions is the World Famous Spouting Horn.

You’ve seen one spouting horn you’ve seen them all. But the Waimea Canyon is really spectacular:

Check out this. From the San Diego Zoo.

One very clever Orangutan

As I said, Frau Ga nad I cruised to Hawaii and back. The boat sailed out from San Diego Harbor. It was one of the older boats in the fleet:

OK, that’s a joke. The San Diego Harbor has a boat museum which we toured. The boat above is the HMS Surprise. It was used in the movie Master and Commander in 2003.

The Star of India is a real beauty:

This is the USS Dolphin.

On the the steam ferry Berkely we were able to tour the engine room. It was particularly interesting for me because my father was a boilermaker on the USS Arkansas during WWI. He shoveled coal into the furnaces. Once the man working next to him was old and couldn’t do the work. My old man did the shoveling for both of them, got caught and spent a week in the brig.

Right across from the Harbor is the Naval base:

I forget who asked for the final Ernie strip. Here’s the final Sunday. It appeared on January 28, 2018:

Here we go! Slides of my vacation. First the world renown Sand Diego Zoo!

Meercats

Serval

Bird

Gorillas

Now back to really important stuff…

Whoa! 

Whew!

Whoa! How did I get away with that one?!

OMG!

I’m feeling better, thank you.

Steven A asked about a Sunday collection. I had mentioned it in January, but I failed to list it in my “Books Menu”. I’ll fix that today. Here’s a link.

A couple months ago, Magnus M asked for this story. It’s from 1994. Ok, Magnus, finally:

 Thanks for your good wishes. I’m still sick, though. The first couple of days were no fun at all. I’m still quarantined. I feel better, but I took a test this morning, and I’m still a two-liner.