President's Vacation

So President Obama flew in last night and is here for about 10 days. Thankfully this is about the same time frame in which I am going to be in Colorado. I say this because since he is the President, lots of security detail follows him around and therefore make is more difficult for people to get around. By being off in Colorado, I get the chance to miss all the headache of being delayed, or detoured because of the President traveling. I also went to find Air Force One on the island. It wasn't that hard and was actually relatively easy compared to what I thought it would be. Since the news covered where he landed, it was only a matter of driving around Joint Base Pearl Hickam to find the famous plane. I only found one of the planes though (its twin should have been somewhere on the island or nearby, but I didn't go looking for it). For those that live in a closet, below is a picture of Air Force One (from a public website of course).

http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2009/03/06/welcome-aboard-air-force-one/

Surprise on the North Shore

So I went up to the North Shore today hoping to catch some of the Billabong Pipe Master surf competition, the third of three in the Triple Crown Series. Unfortunately, it was canceled the day I went because the surf was not "big" enough for the competition. I still saw some pretty good local surfers practicing and probably some pros as well, but I'm not versed in the surfing world to know who is who yet. Give me some time and I might get better at it. Anyways, the surprise was a guy that was dressed up as Santa Claus. I guess Hawaii got an early visit from Santa. It's also interesting to note, in the surfing world, Hawaii is considered its own country. Then again Hawaii seems to be the neglected state in the Union (along with Alaska). Another side note, shipping costs more here in Hawaii and also to Alaska, for some reason it isn't really fair if you think about it.