Finally, walk-in day at the tattoo shop was finally here! Walk-ins start at 1100, so of course I was wide awake at 0430 and couldn’t fall back asleep, I was like a little kid on Christmas morning checking out the presents under the tree but had to wait to open them. When 1030 rolled around we took the short 1.5 mile drive down to 808 Tattoo. I got my Polynesian fish hook on my left bicep done by Nick in about an hour. Aaron is the artist that has been working on Justin’s sleeve, he wasn’t there this day so Justin just got a little bit of shading to fill in some dead space. The rest of the day we spent relaxing and getting some of his things out of storage.
We were going to hike Stairway to Heaven early Sunday morning, however there was a storm that dumped enough rain to cause flooding, so instead we took a 30 minute drive north to Kualoa Ranch. Kualoa Ranch is a functional cattle ranch that has also served as an observation post during World war II, as well as the setting for several well known movies. The ranch hosts several adventure activities, which include atv trails, horseback rides, movie tour, a trip to “Secret Island,” and an ocean voyage. We loaded onto a painted up school bus without windows (to allow for better photos) and headed off for the movie tour. All of the rain from the night before made dozens of waterfalls visible for our viewing pleasure throughout the tour. There is a long list of movies and shows that have been filmed on the ranch’s property, all of their posters are shown below in the pictures, but I will list out some of the recognizable scenes from movies that I have watched.
We saw some of the props from the show Lost, including the top portion of the submarine and the generator. Then we had a photo op by the log that Dr. Alan Grant, Tim and Lex Murphy (the grandchildren) hid behind when the heard of dinosaurs were running down the hill behind them. Most of the filming for Jurassic Park took place on Kaua’i until a hurricane devastated the island forcing the crew to find another place to finish filming, luckily O’ahu was not effected as badly by the storm, so a few remaining scenes were finished here. *Bonus fact: production for Jurassic Park 4 is currently in process here* From the show Lost we saw the trees that Hurley did donuts around, the hill where the tower was, the top portion of the submarine, the generator and the hut where Richard lived. The road that the bus was driven on is where Adam Sandler as Henry placed a penguin in the road in an attempt to get Lucy, played by Drew Barrymore, to stop ad talk to him in the movie 50 First Dates. We also saw Godzilla’s footprint, the huts where the markets were in Mighty Joe Young, and one of the cows from the movie The Rundown.
Odyssey of the Soul 