Aloha!

We flew from Fort Worth, TX to Hawaii on a military Space-A flight on Saturday, January 26. The plane was the Navy's equivalent of a 727, except there was much more leg room than on the commercial versions. We thought we would first be going to Travis AFB in CA and then catch a hop in a few days to Hawaii. However, when we arrived at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, we were told that the plane would be going directly to Oahu and leaving an hour early. There were nine passengers and six crew members on a plane built to carry 120. Upon arriving at Hickam Air Force Base, we were fortunate to be upgraded to a VIP suite for four days. We had first been told when Jerry made his hurried call from Fort Worth that our room would be in a lodge with a community bath. God is so good to us! The photos show us near our suite which was really a condo. This was Gloria's chance to try out her new Island shoes as we experienced a sumptuous Sunday brunch at the officer's club. This trip was a present from our children for our 50th wedding anniversary. It took from September until now to work in the trip due to selling our house in October and getting settled in Texas.

The "family" cutouts were done by our children and grandchildren with the admonition that we take them along to Hawaii. The "cutouts" photo was taken in our quarters; our maid was fascinated by them. She could not stop asking questions about what they represented; she said she had never seen anything like that.