For years Charley has been telling us how cool the Atlantis submarine off of Waikiki is, and with the Boy Scout coupon book the price is totally awesome.
So we caught the tender by the Hilton Hawaiian and cruised out to meet the sub
Which was off in the middle of the ocean
Grandpa Gene looking sea worthy though highly charged with static electricity
Zach and Jake plotting their course
Up by the cockpit - note depth gauge at left. We did go a LITTLE deeper. Like down to 105' - way cool.
Saw a spotted eagle ray, some turtles, lots of fish. No sharks though.
An artificial reef down at the bottom. My fish pictures were pretty lame, but a really amazing experience. And now that Jake and I have season passes, one that we'll definitely do again.
There was a time when I would argue with Morgan about the merits of fantasy artists.
Of course we were 13 and knew nothing, but we sure thought we did, and boy would we let the other one know what and idiot they were for their foolish choice.
Was it silly? Absolutely, but I suppose that "Frazetta or Vallejo?" is akin to the evergreen "Paul or John?" or "Beatles/Stones?" or "Flight/Invisibility?" question: a quick seemingly, innocuous binary choice that can actually tell a lot about a person.
Let it be told, I'm a Frazetta (and John, Stones, and Flight, if you must know) and now old Frank is no more. RIP to the guy who created the visuals that I'll never shake out of my head from my Robert E. Howard phase of reading.
Where will the Molly Hatchets of the next century find their album covers? Who will paint the coolest Conan now?
