On the road again!

chrisinhouston · 01-28-2013, 01:08 AM

Here I sit in Oahu, Hawaii. My wife has a 2 week project for Chevron with another 3 week stint planned for mid March.

Raining like a son of a gun... Knee high to a Ferris Wheel as they say in East Texas...

I'll post some images as I shoot them. Planning to swim, snorkel and find some waterfalls to shoot as well as surfers as this is the time for big surf.

Crazy year 2012 was. I logged 75K miles with United and my wife 0ver 100K. We were only home for about 4 months. I shot over 10K pictures and am still trying to edit them. This year could be the same with Shell talking about a project in Malaysia and Exxon in Singapore. I told my wife she better get used to curry and other east Indian dishes and lots of pork!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2013, 04:31 AM

You make it sound like you're a kept man.

zippyt · 01-28-2013, 04:16 PM

Oh Poor Chris ,
You lucky Bastige !!!

Griff · 01-28-2013, 07:15 PM

You're living the life man!

footfootfoot · 01-28-2013, 08:10 PM

Some guys have all the luck!

Chocolatl · 01-28-2013, 08:34 PM

I'm looking forward to pictures! I don't know that I'll ever get there but visiting Hawaii is on my life list. (Specifically: eating Matsumoto shaved ice and a Puka Dog hot dog.)

glatt · 01-29-2013, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Raining like a son of a gun... Knee high to a Ferris Wheel as they say in East Texas...

Paradise doesn't get that green on its own.

I remember pulling my camera out of the air conditioned car there one day, stepping outside, and the condensation from the moist rainforest instantly fogging up the lens. As soon as I would wipe it away, it would fog up again.

chrisinhouston · 01-29-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Paradise doesn't get that green on its own.

I remember pulling my camera out of the air conditioned car there one day, stepping outside, and the condensation from the moist rainforest instantly fogging up the lens. As soon as I would wipe it away, it would fog up again.

Happened to me to on my first trip to a tropical climate. Now as long as I am on a safe higher floor of a building with a covered patio I leave the camera bag outside overnight if I am planning a dawn shoot. And I try not to get the car too cold with the AC.

chrisinhouston · 02-02-2013, 11:18 AM

Just booked our next trip to Hawaii for phase 2 of my wife's work project, looks like we will have to be on this god forsaken island for another 3 weeks in March with nothing to do but eat raw fish and pineapples and spend my days on the beach swimming in the ocean.

When I grow up I really need to find some kind of job or get a career or something!

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My wife says she has to go to Fort McMurray, Canada way up in norther Alberta in late March where it should still be below freezing most of the time. Think I'll take a pass on that one.

zippyt · 02-02-2013, 11:46 AM

My wife says she has to go to Fort McMurray, Canada way up in norther Alberta in late March where it should still be below freezing most of the time. Think I'll take a pass on that one.

In for a Penny in for a Pound !!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2013, 03:09 PM

You could be missing out on some great Aurora pictures.

chrisinhouston · 02-27-2013, 12:40 AM

Well we are back in Oahu for another 3 weeks of my wife working and me swimming in the ocean, fishing and general sight seeing of a non tourist nature (no Polynesian shit)

We are getting up at 5 am and we walk about 1.5 miles (under the full moon right now) and then have a great breakfast before I drive out HUGE Ford Expedition to the Chevron refinery. We reserved a Ford Edge but when we got here they said they had none and would we like a convertible Mustang? "Not on your life!" I said. Convertible here are great theft cars as they can easily be broken into. So they gave us this huge SUV which is rather hard to park in the tiny spaces that are typical here in Oahu.

It is very windy here, trade winds or something but nice. Better than home in Houston!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-27-2013, 12:43 AM

Try some ocean swimming.

Griff · 02-27-2013, 05:30 AM

Crazy beautiful.

glatt · 02-27-2013, 06:51 AM

I'm envious.

01-28-2013, 01:08 AM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	On the road again! Here I sit in Oahu, Hawaii. My wife has a 2 week project for Chevron with another 3 week stint planned for mid March. Raining like a son of a gun... Knee high to a Ferris Wheel as they say in East Texas... I'll post some images as I shoot them. Planning to swim, snorkel and find some waterfalls to shoot as well as surfers as this is the time for big surf. Crazy year 2012 was. I logged 75K miles with United and my wife 0ver 100K. We were only home for about 4 months. I shot over 10K pictures and am still trying to edit them. This year could be the same with Shell talking about a project in Malaysia and Exxon in Singapore. I told my wife she better get used to curry and other east Indian dishes and lots of pork!

01-28-2013, 04:31 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You make it sound like you're a kept man. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2013, 04:16 PM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Oh Poor Chris , You lucky Bastige !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-28-2013, 07:15 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You're living the life man! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-28-2013, 08:10 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Some guys have all the luck! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-28-2013, 08:34 PM	#6
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I'm looking forward to pictures! I don't know that I'll ever get there but visiting Hawaii is on my life list. (Specifically: eating Matsumoto shaved ice and a Puka Dog hot dog.)

02-02-2013, 11:18 AM	#9
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Just booked our next trip to Hawaii for phase 2 of my wife's work project, looks like we will have to be on this god forsaken island for another 3 weeks in March with nothing to do but eat raw fish and pineapples and spend my days on the beach swimming in the ocean. When I grow up I really need to find some kind of job or get a career or something! . My wife says she has to go to Fort McMurray, Canada way up in norther Alberta in late March where it should still be below freezing most of the time. Think I'll take a pass on that one.

02-02-2013, 11:46 AM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	My wife says she has to go to Fort McMurray, Canada way up in norther Alberta in late March where it should still be below freezing most of the time. Think I'll take a pass on that one. In for a Penny in for a Pound !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-02-2013, 03:09 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You could be missing out on some great Aurora pictures. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2013, 12:40 AM	#12
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Well we are back in Oahu for another 3 weeks of my wife working and me swimming in the ocean, fishing and general sight seeing of a non tourist nature (no Polynesian shit) We are getting up at 5 am and we walk about 1.5 miles (under the full moon right now) and then have a great breakfast before I drive out HUGE Ford Expedition to the Chevron refinery. We reserved a Ford Edge but when we got here they said they had none and would we like a convertible Mustang? "Not on your life!" I said. Convertible here are great theft cars as they can easily be broken into. So they gave us this huge SUV which is rather hard to park in the tiny spaces that are typical here in Oahu. It is very windy here, trade winds or something but nice. Better than home in Houston!!! Attached Images

02-27-2013, 12:43 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Try some ocean swimming. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2013, 05:30 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Crazy beautiful. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-27-2013, 06:51 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm envious.

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