T_R_Oglodyte
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Correct. Now for the backstory.
The people in the photo, right to left, are DW's cousin, cousin's husband, and I. This was taken in June 2002.
We had done a direct trade of our Poipu unit that year for a week in Cabo, so we had no plans to go to Hawaii. As luck would have it, I wound up with 5 days of work on Oahu, and the week of work that I was on Oahu lined up with DWs last week of work as a teacher before summer break. Since my travel was already covered as a project expense, we decided it made sense for me to stay over for another week and for her to join me. I burned FF miles to get her HNL.
I wound up booking a unit at Ilikai, next door to HHV. That may have been my very first transaction on VRBO. Since we were booking two weeks we got a great deal. And it was a true one-bedroom unit, far cheaper than a comparable hotel room.
So we were enjoying our week on Oahu. Then our next to last day, we were walking in front of HHV, and I grab DW's arm and I say to her "Isn't that Karen and Bob?" DW's jaw drops and we rush over. Turns out they are HGVC owners, and they've been there almost the whole week that we've been at Ilikai. The picture was taken at dinner that night, in their unit. If their unit had been on the other side of the HHV tower, we would have been able to talk to each other from each of our lanais.
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