Aloha from Hawaii

We're happy to see that the Older but Wiser (?) blog is up & running! Thank you, abbysgrammy, for inviting us to join this select group! Here's a quick introduction to the team of Ahuimanu Hui. El (the wahine part of Ahuimanu Hui) is a retired high school math teacher, and Dick (the kane part) is retired from Dole Pineapple. We've both lived in Hawaii for over 40 years and met in 1974 at (international) folk dancing, which we continue to do (as long as it doesn't interfere with geocaching!).

El heard about geocaching in 2004 and was interested, so Dick bought her a Garmin Etrex for Christmas that year. We found our first cache in Portland, Oregon a couple of days after Christmas and have been hooked ever since! Regarding our caching name, "Hui" is Hawaiian for a club, group or association (for example, the OBW group could also be called the OBW Hui), and we live in the "Ahuimanu" area of Oahu.

We love geocaching for several reasons--the thrill of the hunt (of course it's always nice if we find what we're looking for!), the discovery of interesting places we might never have gone to without geocaching (we've done more hiking in the last 3-1/2 years than in all of our pre-geocaching years), the puzzles (El is a puzzle nut), the physical challenges (Dick especially likes this aspect, as long as his body holds out), and finally, for the great people we have met while geocaching. We're convinced that most geocachers are pretty special people...

We're uploading three images: one of both of us at our 2000th find last month (we don't have many pictures of the two of us together!), one of El at a cache above the estate featured in the TV series "Magnum PI" (GCTZ4D), and one of Dick climbing Mt. Olomana (GCHAYG) for his 70th birthday.

Looking forward to reading about other OBW members!

Aloha,

Ahuimanu Hui

Dick & El