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What is your current age?

13marino13 said:
I plan on taking the wife back, hopefully, sooner than later. I found it amazing how cold it is in the morning on top, it was freezing. Not something you would normally associate with Hawaii. If I'm correct, I believe it's the steepest descent from 10,000 feet to sea level in the world. By the time we got back down the mountain, as I'm sure you're well aware, the temperature had risen by about 50 degrees. I found it amusing stopping at intervals on the way down to shed layers. I remember a restaurant midway down built on the side of the mountain overlooking the island, we stopped and ate there, the view was awesome.
Who doesn't like pie? I ate in a few restaurants that fit that description. When the locals said go here, we were reluctant to go inside a few of them but we were always pleasantly surprised by the food and atmosphere. From that point on we listened to them, they never recommended a bad place, I'm not sure there is one on the island. LOL
I've been to Oahu (too commercialized) and Kona (pretty barren) I liked them both but fell in love with Maui. I thought the active lava flows were pretty neat on Kona, and of course, we visited the Thurston Lava Tube. My favorite was the black sand beach. I also like traveling the road to Hana, no other ride like it in the world. Even stopped a few times to walk and explore the rainforest. Lots of hidden waterfalls and swimming holes off the beaten pathway. After talking about it, I'm really getting the itch to go!
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The first time we went to watch the sunrise on the mountain it was in March. The previous day it had been in the 80’s by the water and I didn’t even think about how cold it would be on the mountain. We got to the top at around 4:45 am and I was in shorts and a polo shirt. I stepped out of the car and I thought we had been transported to Alaska. It was 29 degrees and the wind was blowing at least 15 miles an hour.
We remained in the car with the heat on until the parking lot started filling up and decided we needed to find a good spot to view the sunrise.

I have been to Alaska twice and used to go skiing in Colorado. I have been in below zero weather a number of times over the years. Yet that nearly 45 minutes I spend outside on the top of Haleakala waiting for the sun to rise is by far the coldest I have ever been In my entire life. After that first time time watching the sunrise we now make sure we pack a jacket, long pants, gloves and we take blankets from the condo with us when we visit the mountain to watch the sun rise.

‘My wife and I have stayed on all the main Islands over the years and even taken a 2 week cruise from San Diego that went to all the Islands. We just fell in love with Maui and that has been the Island we have been going to for over a decade. Of course we visited Oahu because we wanted to visit Pearl Harbor and climb up Diamond Head like every tourist does that travels there. I was severely disappointed in Waikiki Beach by how crowed it was and how little beach there was based on what I expected. Yet there were a lot of beautiful beaches on Oahu when you get away from the city and drive around the Island.

‘’Like you though, I found Oahu far too crowded and too much a tourist based island. This makes it far less relaxing for me. Especially because it can take you well over an hour and a half to travel 10 miles if you are trying to get from one side of Honolulu to the other side at the wrong time of the day.
‘They have some of the worst traffic jams I have every been in because there is one main road and everyone seems to be on it at the same time.

Just sitting here writing about Hawaii makes me want to get in a plane and fly there. Yet I don’t see us going until at least this fall or winter at the earliest. In the past we have only traveled to Hawaii sometime between the end of February to the end of June and we stay a month at a time. This way I was always in Miami for football season and if we travel anywhere during hurricane season, we never go anywhere that is more than a 12 hour drive away. Just in case we have to return quickly if a hurricane is headed toward South Florida and we have to get back to secure our home and the outside of our property.

This year might be the first time we travel to Maui during football season if we decide to travel there in October or November. Yet as much as I can’t wait to go back to Maui, waiting until February might win out because I just can’t imagine missing 4 games next season while we are away. Of course I would record the games while we are in Maui but that’s not the same as watching the game while it’s happening.
 
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49 and fan since I discovered the sport at around 6 or 7 years old, so more than 40 years bleeding aqua proudly.

I have done my job as a fan, since somehow manage to make my 14 yers old son a super die hard dolfan. Fortunate enough to watch the fins play live quite some times, with the Miami miracle included.

Since I was born in 71, I have never seeing my team as Champions, needless to say I did cry like baby in the two SB loses, but looking back, those were good times to be a Dolphins fan.
 
I was really unsure whether to post this or not.
I'm really glad I did. Knowing how diverse in age we are says a lot about this beautiful site.
I thought someone would get offended but it looks like we are all interested 😃
 
Turning 30 in August. I’ve been watching and suffering with the fins since I was a wee lad .
 
Fin Mex said:
49 and fan since I discovered the sport at around 6 or 7 years old, so more than 40 years bleeding aqua proudly.

I have done my job as a fan, since somehow manage to make my 14 yers old son a super die hard dolfan. Fortunate enough to watch the fins play live quite some times, with the Miami miracle included.

Since I was born in 71, I have never seeing my team as Champions, needless to say I did cry like baby in the two SB loses, but looking back, those were good times to be a Dolphins fan.
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Vivid memories of crying after the loss to Washington. Then again after losing to the Seahawks in the ‘83 playoffs. Then getting revenge against them in the ‘84 playoffs. Then crying again during the loss to the 49ers. Meanwhile, looking back, I’d give my left arm to have that success again. Or maybe my left pinky toe. I don’t want to get too crazy.
 
TKAllDay said:
I’m absolutely shocked as to how many people age 40 50 60 70 are on here! I seriously always assume it’s 20 year olds.

I am 33 and have been a fan for almost 30 years- it started young around 4 or 5 ( fish and colors ) and being a dolphins fan brings with it some of my first memories. I met Dan Marino when I was 9 - my dad who didn’t know anything about sports brought me to get an autograph from him at one of those big football conventions with all the players signing etc, and vendors . I was a huge fan for years by then. Randy moss was still in college. Rip dad !!
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70 is the new 20

80, well forget it - LOL
 
LANGER72 said:
I had no idea most of you were so oooolllllld.
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I'm so old I remember when there were none of the millennial "the world owes me a living" children fooling around.

They are easy to identify, they have trouble spelling words containing more then two letters - LOL

Youth and ambition
can always be defeated
by old age and treachery - LOL

Try using your spell checker, it'll tell you if you have been cursed - LOL

Too easy - Haha
 
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