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Shaka(Aloha Spirit) from Kailua, Hawaii.. Updated: Snorkeling in a Private Cove! [View all]
Last edited Wed Jan 1, 2014, 07:22 PM - Edit history (2)
President Obama gives a “shaka” gesture while greeting people at Island Snow near his vacation home in Kailua, Hawaii December 31
Chips~http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/31/shaka/
As opposed to this snow..
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[font color=blue]ALOHA and a HEALTHY HAPPY 2014, BOG and all of DU~Here's to a Blue Blue YEAR![/font]
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President Obama, family spend New Year's Eve snorkeling in Hawaii
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KAILUA, Hawaii — President Obama has never been one for the New Year's Eve blowout — and Tuesday appeared to be no exception. The first family spent the last day of 2013 snorkeling with parrotfish and green sea turtles at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, slipping into the waters of the famed reef on a day it was blissfully closed to other tourists.
The president has shown himself to be a creature of habit during his low-key vacation here on Oahu; the Obamas have snorkeled in the same spot on a number of other winter retreats here. The heavily visited reef draws visitors from all over the world because of its colonies of more than 60 species of coral and its green sea turtle population, which currently stands somewhere between 40 and 60. (About 300 turtles have been caught, tagged and released over the last decade by researchers at the preserve.)
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"The glimpse of the president by Oahu’s locals and visitors was brief: A few surfers stood on top of their van to wave, and several girls in neon bikinis greeted the president from the shoreline with the “shaka” sign, the island’s greeting for “hang loose.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-obama-hawaii-snorkeling-20131231,0,1583073.story#ixzz2pC9zzISg
bigtree http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024260484#post2
Peaceful Memories to take back to D.C. with them~
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