S2kCA - Laie Point Excursion

Sunday, May 6. 2001
S2kCA - Laie Point Excursion
 
It's been over 10 months since our last gathering of S2000s and I've been wanting to plan a 'round the island drive for some time, but I simply didn't have the time. When the national S2000 Club of America was announced, it provided the nudge I needed to get something started.

In the weeks preceding the event I test drove the route to scout photo locations and lunch possibilities. Once I had these details set, I sent out our invitations. With the help of our local Honda Dealers, I managed to get invitations to around 30-40 owners on this island. I'm pleased to say we received replies from 10 enthusiasts who decided to join our club, and 8 who were able to join us for our meet.
For several days prior to the our Sunday date, we had a good deal of rain in the afternoons and I was hoping for clear skies and lots of "top down" weather. Fortunately, the weather cooperated! Sunday morning dawned clear and bright!

We met at Moanalua Gardens so that everyone could get to know each other and to set the ground rules for the day. Moanalua Gardens is an excellent location because it is near a freeway onramp that allowed us to all get on the freeway together and not get separated too much. We settled into a comfortable cruising speed as we headed Ewa towards Kunia Road and a scenic drive through the pineapple fields.
Once we cleared Schofield Barracks and Wahaiwa town, it was down the twisting winding road towards Waialua and into historic Haleiwa Town where we had lunch at Pizza Bob's. After lunch we saddled up again and headed towards Waimea Bay and on to our destination Laie Point.

As you can see below, the view is spectacular! Laie Point is a peninsula that juts out forming a perfect fishing spot and scenic view location. As you can see, my fears of a rainy day were unfounded, we had more than enough sun! After the pictures were taken and we had a chance to stretch our legs, we were back in the cars and headed back into Honolulu. Interestingly, when we were stopping for a "pit stop" I saw a Silverstone S2000 pull into the parking lot. The driver spoke to a few of our group then got back onto his car and drove off. It seems he received our invitation but was busy that day, my wife urged him to send in his information so we can contact him next time we have an event.
 
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Our route would take us through the H-3 tunnels and this provided the opportunity to snap the last pictures below. My wife took all the photos you see here today and that's why you don't see here in any of the photos. It appears our fist event was a success, everyone had a good time and we're looking forward to our next event when we'll plan a drive around the other side of the island. I'm also hoping to have a driver training class again this summer and hopefully we'll get a few of our members out to try the S2000 on the race track.