S2kCA - East Oahu/Tantalus Meet

Friday, June 22. 2001
S2kCA - East Oahu/Tantalus Meet
 
In anticipation of our next event, and we were a little worried since it rained the day before, but on Sunday, July 22nd, we had nothing but gorgeous sunny skies, perfect for top down driving. At the start, we met at Moanalua Gardens so everyone had a chance to meet each other and have our first photo shoot of the day.

There were eight cars, of which we had at least one of every color. For this event, some of us brought Motorola talkabout radios so that we could keep in touch while on the road and regroup our cars where needed.We headed out Ewa bound on the freeway and immediately got on the H-3 Freeway over to the Windward side. After exiting into Kailua, we proceeded to Jarons in Kailua for brunch.
Back on the road we drove through Kailua, got on Kalanianaole Highway, through Waimanalo, and stopped at Sandy Beach for more picture taking. This gave the opportunity for another member to join us. After more talking and picture taking, we headed back on the road through Hawaii Kai, ending up on the H-1 Freeway towards our final destination, Puu Ualakaa Park.

The road up to the park is well known as Tantalus and is extremely curvy. A Porsche 356 Speedster quickly followed our tail revving his engine and the driver was howling like a wolf! We all parked at the lookout for more picture taking, while this Speedster stopped, let his dog out, and went past us “driving” his dog at about 1 – 2 mph. We all laughed.

After the picture taking was complete with some breath-taking shots of Diamond Head and Waikiki in the background, we left to our final destination of Puu Ualakaa Park. All in all, it was a perfect day, beautiful weather and we all had a great time. We had some suggestions for our next event, in September, for a picnic get together (see Page 2). Looking forward to seeing everyone again, and meeting new drivers to our club.
 
 
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