Farewell Cruise

Sunday, May 2. 2004
Farewell Cruise
 
Chris was leaving the islands. How would we cope? What was the local S2000 community going to do for (slightly) used performance and appearence parts? Were we condemed to an existance of only buying parts .... ah ....um.... new?
Download the Video Here: A Farewell Cruise

Of course we just messing with Chris, but if you know him, you also know that the average amount of time any part stays on his car seems to be a few months. Then its taken off the car and he's on to his next project.
With his impending departure, we decided to have one last get together and go for a drive and have lunch. We decided to meet up at Blaisdall Park in Pearl City and head over to Haleiwa town for lunch

We had a number of new faces and a bunch of the "regulars" were present. Remarkably, most everyone arrived on time and the weather was perfect for top down driving.

Everyone had a chance to check out the latest mods. We took a few photos before heading to the freeway and our drive through Kunia and into Haleiwa for lunch at Pizza Bobs.

Once we hit the road again, we made out way past Turtle Bay and through Punaluu. When we stopped for a "pit stop" at a small state park, the drama for the day began. (there's always something)

Apparently as we were pulling into the parking lot, one driver came a little too close to someone's kids (about 10 of them) that were playing in the street. Now I don't know about you, but when I see a car coming, I get out of the way. This technique has served me well over the years, and so far I haven't been hit by a car. Come on, it's common sense!

However, as many pundits will tell you, "common sense is not that common"! I look at like this: Back in the caveman days, if a member of your brood was not smart enough to run when the tiger came around, they got eaten. This is called Darwinism. We don't have a lot of tigers around these days, but there are still a lot of things that can kill you if you're stupid. I call this Urban Darwinism.
After we finally made it out of the parking lot, we made our way back to Honolulu via H-3. Those that have been on a cruise with us know that we use FRS radios to communicate while driving. These are a great help when plans change, and also just for fun banter and chatting.

As we're driving and talking, we hear strains of Wham coming over the radio. WTF? Wham? ..... "Wake me up before you go-go, don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo....." Who the hell is listening to Wham! Allegedly, it just happened to be on the radio when Chris was talking. Yeah, right!

Well Chris, we love ya, even if you're a "closet" George Michael fan. I hope you enjoy the video, the 80's music is just for you! Good luck on the mainland, and do visit us in the Hawaii Forum from time to time.

Video Notes/Comments: This video was fun to make, probably because of the silly music. I learned that the JVC camera is pretty piss poor in low light situations, there is a discernable slow down in the frame rate. This is why the interior parts in Pizza Bob's were shown in slow motion - (to try) to hide this problem. As in my other videos, it is edited in Sony Vegas 4.