Komarnitsky Hawaii 2016

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Family picture setup - gotta love the quad-stack tripod - sheets were spread out as light reflectors

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Major water balloon battle earlier on in the backyard

We had an "E-Ticket Ride" on the Snorkel Boat - WaterJetMan and C-17's doing touch-n-go's!

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Long-Boarding as the C-17's roared overhead

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Videos of Sophia and Kyle long-boarding as the C-17 flys over



Kyle goofing around while anchored on the sandbar

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Animated GIF of WaterJetMan - apparently he competes at the National Level - some crazy moves!

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Kurt watching WaterJetMan

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Speaking of Kurt, he turned 50 ... so was the centerpiece of the SuperBowl Pool

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Mom's "approves" the random selections - ended up being a Fall City domination as they won $80!

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Golf is always a treat in Hawaii - teeing off on the #13 Ocean Hole at Kanehoe

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Kyle taking a swing at the "Dirk" ball ... which he subsequently plunked in the ocean

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Before/After picture of the Marine Haircut - better pics from 2011 with Sergeant Kurt and Private Kyle!

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We probably consumed over a 100 drumsticks during the week!!!

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Kyle and Kurt going for the full-on breakfast after golf

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Kurt was the Baconator!!!

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Alek was the Nacho-Man ... these were always devoured within minutes

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Heading out for the "permit hike" on the Poamoho Trail - we had it all to ourselves

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It was a tight squeeze in the rental car ... with Kris "BRRAAAPPPP'ing" it up the dirt road

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Kris on top in the fog wolfing down all the food we bought

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Kurt took a group out to go Shark Fishing ... really!

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You catch these "bait fish" and then use 'em to try to hook a Shark

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While they did catch one shark, they would have caught more if they had used Kyle for bait! ;-)

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Colorful Hawaiian outfits

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Sunrise at Kailua Beach is always a treat - just about everyone saw it all mornings

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Some turtle pictures from our snorkel outing

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Taking off from Honolulu after a GREAT trip - note C-17 next to depart

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Landing in Denver at sunrise - note plane coming into parallel runway

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Alek two years later as "Little Buddy Gilligan" getting ready for Hawaii/2018

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The borrowed outfit is a bit big on me (especially the pants) so I look like an older, chunkier Bob Denver! ;-)