Sunrise at the Waipahu Transit Center.  It doesn't get any better than this.  So many busing possibilities.  Spin the dial and board a bus.  $5.50 for a day pass, and you can grab buses all day and night.  The island of Oahu is mine for the taking. This morning, I’m waiting for the … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Waianae (2019-03-18) →

I'm riding the Waikiki Express into town at 07:10 AM.  Heading to Kapiolani Park for day one of the 32d annual Kaimana Klassik, Hawaii’s premiere ultimate frisbee tournament.  The weather is perfect.  Life is good. Waikiki is just edging into daytime mode as we roll down Kalakaua Avenue.  Tourists heading out for coffee, or to … Continue reading Kaimana Klassik 32 (2019-02-22) →

Dumped off in the dark in Kalihi, I head down an unlit alley cutting over to Dillingham Street.  What could possibly go wrong? A garbage can rattles, my heart skips a beat, a rat scurries behind some cardboard boxes.  No worries.  I check six, then press on to the street At 6:05 AM Monday morning … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Haleiwa (2019-02-04 ) →

The 6:30 AM bus from Kupuna Loop was packed, standing room only for 20 or so people on the Waipahu local route #434.  Contributing to the crowd were numerous kids heading to school.  I’m not sure how the city bus fits into the overall scheme of getting kids to school, versus the traditional yellow school … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Kaneohe (2019-01-14) →

December 7th is an important date on Oahu.  It is the anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor launching the United States into World War II.  The big ceremony is in Pearl Harbor, at the Arizona Memorial.  Other ceremonies are on the Hickam AFB side of Pearl Harbor, and at Wheeler AAF up near … Continue reading Dec 7 – Ceremony at Barbers Point (2018-12-07) →

The time was 0710.   I sat at bus stop #1622 on Kamehameha Highway near the corner with Lumiauau Street, in the Waikele area.   Traffic was bumper-to-bumper going down the hill, people going to work.  I was on the other side of the street, the road less traveled, going uphill to Wahiawa.  And yes, it made … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Wahiawa (2018-12-03) →

I rounded the corner on Kupuna Loop and checked the time at 0840.  Good, plenty in time for the 0847.  As I learned from my last bus outing, better to be ten minutes early than one minute late. The 434-route bus rolled up on time and the half dozen of us gathered at bus stop … Continue reading The Bus — Waipahu to Kapolei (2018-11-19) →

It was 0440 in the morning when I approached Kupuna Loop in the Village Park neighborhood of Waipahu.   I was thinking I had made it in time for the 0443 E Route Express when the bus suddenly came around the bend and streaked by me before I could make it to the corner and try … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Waikiki (2018-11-12) →

The 434 from the Park and Ride bus stop near Walmart was right on time at 0722. I watched the people in front of me boarding and remembered the rules from online research – driver doesn’t touch money, just feed it into the machine, exact change only, $5.50 for an all-day pass, driver hands ticket. … Continue reading The Bus – Waipahu to Chinatown (2018-11-05) →

I just retired from the Air Force after 38 years, 22 years active duty and 16 years as a civilian.  I guess I'm retired, we'll see.  Maybe I'm just unemployed. People like to travel when they retire, right?  Well, me too.  For now I’ll be limiting my travels to around Oahu, mostly by bus.  Join … Continue reading Who is Waipahu Bob? →