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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by Grant - AR on March 11, 2025, 09:46:36 AM »

Did you try the Road to Hana? Took a shuttle bus tour of it. The scenery is certainly spectacular. But the ride on that, essentially, one lane road in a shuttle bus, riding along the edge of a cliff for much of it, is a bit butt-puckering. But it was a great experience.
Also did the sunrise experience on Haleakala. That was really cool. A bit cold, but worth it. Saw a Ahinahina (Silversword) plant blooming. They live up to 50 years, and only bloom once in their lifetime, then die. It was beautiful, even during standard time!
Hope you had a good time.

For clarification, went to Oahu and Kauai on this latest trip. Went to Maui in 2015.

We've been to Maui twice and done the Road to Hana both times.  The first time (3 years ago), I drove it with my wife.  We loved it.  This time we were with two other couples and my cousin's husband drove.  I thought it would be much better because I would be able to see more, but it wasn't.  I would prefer to drive it myself.  It's amazing though.  For anyone that's thinking about doing it, I would suggest getting started early...5:30 or before.  You will beat a lot of the traffic and it will be an easier, more relaxing drive.

The other two couples did the sunrise at Haleakala.  We were exhausted after our flights (and major screw ups by Delta getting us there a day later than scheduled) so we slept in.  We still got up and saw the sunrise from northeast of Kapalua at the blowhole.  We went to a Luau and went on two snorkeling/whale watching excursions.  It was a great week.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by ElvisLives on March 11, 2025, 09:37:15 AM »

Geographicaly Maine should be in the Alantic time zone, but with much commerce and travel between us and our New England neighbors, would cause confusion.    A trip to the Portsmouth,NH liquor store would require one to turn his watch back an hour. I'm happy as is and enjoy the summer sunset around 8:30  . If we were to go on perpetual standard time we would not only shorten the daylight evenings but sunrise would occur at 3:45 AM...that my sleeping time.

A georraphic trivia question.....

WHAT STATES HAVE THE EASTERN MOST AND WESTERN MOST POINTS IN OUR U.S.A.

Not an expert, but my internet search (which is AI, these days) tells me that some folks argue that Alaska has both, because some of the Aleutian Islands cross over the prime meridian. If you don’t count that, then Alaska is west-most, and Maine is east-most. I thought, maybe, some of the 137 Hawaiian islands might be west-most, but, I guess not.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by dammitbobby on March 11, 2025, 08:14:26 AM »

Geographicaly Maine should be in the Alantic time zone, but with much commerce and travel between us and our New England neighbors, would cause confusion.    A trip to the Portsmouth,NH liquor store would require one to turn his watch back an hour. I'm happy as is and enjoy the summer sunset around 8:30  . If we were to go on perpetual standard time we would not only shorten the daylight evenings but sunrise would occur at 3:45 AM...that my sleeping time.

A georraphic trivia question.....

WHAT STATES HAVE THE EASTERN MOST AND WESTERN MOST POINTS IN OUR U.S.A.

When I was in the Air Force, I was stationed in Misawa, Japan, and it's so far north that in the summers, with the early sunrises, I could go walk 9 holes of golf and still be at work by 7am. I honestly don't remember if we switched between DST and standard or not. Was always a great way to start the day.

As for your question: Maine has the easternmost, and I think AK has the westernmost, if it's just states... I do know there is some weird exception where E/W are switched or something, need to look it up.

And different answers if you're talking about US States vs territories etc.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by dammitbobby on March 11, 2025, 08:09:34 AM »

I love nothing more than sitting under an umbrella on Waikīkī beach with a genuine Coca Cola and just watching the people, boats, planes, etc. All day.
(Be aware: if you order a Coca Cola in a restaurant, you may get a “local cola,” which is a knock-off of genuine Coca Cola, using sugar cane sweetener, rather than high fructose corn syrup. Local cola does not taste very good, IMHO, as compared to genuine Coca Cola. Know before ya go!)
If you are there on a Friday, get a reservation at 53 By The Sea, for 7pm or 7:15pm. You’ll be enjoying your meal, looking out the windows back toward Waikīkī beach, while the Hilton hotel has a fireworks show at 7:45pm (every Friday). Women love that. Heck, I like it.
If you plan to go to a luau, I highly recommend the Paradise Cove luau. Fun pre-meal activities, great food, and a great show. Best one I’ve gone to. And I challenge you to find a place called the ABC Store. 😂 FYI, Hilo Hattie has moved into the Ala Moana Center (my favorite shirt store).
Enjoy the weather.

yeah who doesn't love ABC stores . Thanks for the suggestion on paradise cove luau, we did the one at the Royal Hawaiian the first time we went (probably 15 years ago), I pulled up ticket prices and quickly decided we weren't doing that one again. I'm not dropping 1k+ for one meal, vacation or not.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by Ralph Damren on March 11, 2025, 06:48:36 AM »

Geographicaly Maine should be in the Alantic time zone, but with much commerce and travel between us and our New England neighbors, would cause confusion.    A trip to the Portsmouth,NH liquor store would require one to turn his watch back an hour. I'm happy as is and enjoy the summer sunset around 8:30  . If we were to go on perpetual standard time we would not only shorten the daylight evenings but sunrise would occur at 3:45 AM...that my sleeping time.

A georraphic trivia question.....

WHAT STATES HAVE THE EASTERN MOST AND WESTERN MOST POINTS IN OUR U.S.A.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by ElvisLives on March 10, 2025, 09:53:30 PM »

We're going to Hono in June.  Haven't been there in probably 12 years or so.  We're looking forward to it!

I love nothing more than sitting under an umbrella on Waikīkī beach with a genuine Coca Cola and just watching the people, boats, planes, etc. All day.
(Be aware: if you order a Coca Cola in a restaurant, you may get a “local cola,” which is a knock-off of genuine Coca Cola, using sugar cane sweetener, rather than high fructose corn syrup. Local cola does not taste very good, IMHO, as compared to genuine Coca Cola. Know before ya go!)
If you are there on a Friday, get a reservation at 53 By The Sea, for 7pm or 7:15pm. You’ll be enjoying your meal, looking out the windows back toward Waikīkī beach, while the Hilton hotel has a fireworks show at 7:45pm (every Friday). Women love that. Heck, I like it.
If you plan to go to a luau, I highly recommend the Paradise Cove luau. Fun pre-meal activities, great food, and a great show. Best one I’ve gone to. And I challenge you to find a place called the ABC Store. 😂 FYI, Hilo Hattie has moved into the Ala Moana Center (my favorite shirt store).
Enjoy the weather.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by dammitbobby on March 10, 2025, 08:54:49 PM »

We're going to Hono in June.  Haven't been there in probably 12 years or so.  We're looking forward to it!

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by ElvisLives on March 10, 2025, 07:15:46 PM »

I was there a couple of weeks ago (Maui) and there is definitely a feel of "Hawaiian time" everywhere.  Being in paradise, I didn't mind it at all.

Did you try the Road to Hana? Took a shuttle bus tour of it. The scenery is certainly spectacular. But the ride on that, essentially, one lane road in a shuttle bus, riding along the edge of a cliff for much of it, is a bit butt-puckering. But it was a great experience.
Also did the sunrise experience on Haleakala. That was really cool. A bit cold, but worth it. Saw a Ahinahina (Silversword) plant blooming. They live up to 50 years, and only bloom once in their lifetime, then die. It was beautiful, even during standard time!
Hope you had a good time.

For clarification, went to Oahu and Kauai on this latest trip. Went to Maui in 2015.

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by Grant - AR on March 10, 2025, 04:46:31 PM »

After spending a full week there - making my 20th visit there (but, who is bragging? Me! That’s who…), the solution to the problem for me is to move to Hawai’i. Standard time all year round, for malihini. For the uninitiated, the Hawaiian people and most residents follow what is known as ‘Hawaiian time,’ which, essentially, follows no clock. That’s rather like being retired, which I like, very much.
If I must live on the mainland, let’s do daylight savings time, full time, for the entire mainland.

I was there a couple of weeks ago (Maui) and there is definitely a feel of "Hawaiian time" everywhere.  Being in paradise, I didn't mind it at all. 

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General Discussion / Re: Welcome to the shortest day of the year (23 hours)

« Last post by ElvisLives on March 10, 2025, 02:20:21 PM »

After spending a full week there - making my 20th visit there (but, who is bragging? Me! That’s who…), the solution to the problem for me is to move to Hawai’i. Standard time all year round, for malihini. For the uninitiated, the Hawaiian people and most residents follow what is known as ‘Hawaiian time,’ which, essentially, follows no clock. That’s rather like being retired, which I like, very much.
If I must live on the mainland, let’s do daylight savings time, full time, for the entire mainland.