New Year's Day ( alaskajohn.com | back to hawaii 2002 )

On January 1, 2003 the gang headed off to Whaler's Village ... an "upper-class shopping/ resorts/beaches/cliff-diving area" in Ka'anapoli. John talked to the lady at the map shop for an hour about early maps of Alaska while the rest of the folks chowed down at the "Rusty Harpoon". When we finally found each other, we posed for a few photos, browsed a few shops, then met at the beach for the dare.


Dad, Kari, and Mom in the shopping village.

Kari is outstanding in her field.

We dove off these cliffs on a dare...
... but the hardest part was getting there, and swimming back.

Long march back from the cliffs...

John and Michael ... two of the cliff divers!

The Pile Family

Jill and Rich

Jill and Kari...

...with shopping mall art.