Fri, July 18th, 2008
HAWAIIAN VACATION BLOOPER!

I thought it would be fun to include something on the “Lighter Side” every now and then on my blog in addition to focusing on Birmingham, Alabama real estate.  Well, it is Friday!  Let’s have some fun and laugh about a vacation blooper. This blooper isn’t as bad as Clark Griswold’s with his family vacation to Wally World, but it is funny.  While vacationing in Hawaii several years ago, we visited both Oahu and Maui and enjoyed all the typical tourist activities: Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Waikiki, a luau, catamaran on the ocean, etc. While on Maui, a day trip to the 10,000 foot summit of the volcano, Mt. Haleakala was a must. The drive was beautiful and arriving at the top, the view of the island was great.  We parked the rental car and spent the rest of the day on foot exploring the top of the volcano and national park.  It was cool at the summit, about 30 degrees cooler than the coast.  With the end of daylight approaching and anticipating watching the sunset, we returned to our rental car only to discover, my husband couldn’t find the keys.  After checking pockets, bags, etc. we found them…locked inside the car on the floor next to the seat, and we were the last visitors at the summit.  “Great going Dad” was our three sons’ response.  This was before cell phones, so calling for assistance wasn’t an option. The temperature was really dropping as sunset approached.  As we began our hike down the mountain, a park ranger luckily drove up with a smile and laughingly said, “locked out”?   He assured us we weren’t the first and retrieved the car keys for us.  We enjoyed the sunset, laughed about Dad’s blunder and to this day, my husband is fondly reminded about the locked cars keys at Mt. Haleakala. 

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