Monday, March 18, 2024

Cherries in the Snow

 Yes I’m back with a recipe finally. This is the best little recipe. It’s light and airy. You can make it ahead of time. You can even change it up and make it blueberries in the snow if you must or any other fruit flavor. It’s great for a pot luck or a family gathering. Whatever you do try it soon.


Isn’t it pretty.

I used the reduced fat versions of the ingredients to help out a little bit.


Start with a softened 8 oz brick of cream cheese.


Add 1/2 cup of milk and 1/2 of powdered sugar.


Mix those items well. Make sure there are no cream cheese lumps.


Now fold in 12 oz thawed whipped cream. Now one little tub is 8 oz. I had to run to the store to get some more so keep that in mind.


It’s all folded in now.


The recipe calls for 9 inch round angel food cake. I use to see and buy the round angel food cakes. I couldn’t find one. I found the loafs at Walmart so I bought two to have enough cake. Cut the cake into cubes.


Add the cubes to the mixture and stir them well.


Pour it into a 9x 13 baking dish. This one is a little oversized. I used it to make sure I had enough room.


Then spread two cans of cherry pie filling on the top and spread it out. Put it in the fridge at least for a couple hours if not overnight.

Cherries in the Snow Recipe

1 9 inch angel food cake

8 oz softened cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup milk

12 oz cool whip

2 cans cherry pie filling


Saturday, March 9, 2024

Traveling with the Grobmyers March 8, 2024 Day 10.

 This is our last day on the island. We packed and loaded up the car for some last minute sight seeing. 

We had not been by the King Kamehameha Statue or the Iolani Palace yet, so we drove by there for the photo op.





After those stops we did a little research and found out that Tua and Marcus Mariota’s high school was not far away. They both attended the private St Louis High School.



Very nice high school.

Then we ventured to the NorthShore for lunch. Joe found The Smoking Boar & the Coconut. It was definitely a local spot.




Chicken if the day.



Our next trek starts best with this map. The right side of this map is where we drove on Thursday to the end of the road. Today we drove to the end of the road in the left. We didn’t realize how close we were on Thursday. There is a hiking trail around he tip of the island but no road or plans for one to complete the circle. It was really pretty. The water was such pretty shades of blue. The wind was crazy.












See our GPS shows the end o the road.


There was a small private airport/runway where planes would fly up and push you out of the plane to hang glide back down to earth.we saw a few returning to earth while we were out. With the wind so strong I was surprised they were flying.


We saw two wild boars roaming around a YMCA camp.

We made our way back to the airport. We had a 7:00 pm flight home.we had a very good time by we are ready to come home.

When we got home we were greeted by a few cherry blossom blooms and buds ready to burst open. I am really glad I did not miss my cherry blossoms.




Thursday, March 7, 2024

Traveling with the Grobmyers March 7, 2024 Day 9

 To start out the morning today Joe took a call on the balcony and he was joined by some friends.


Did some more exploring and shopping at the resort. Checked out the Honolulu Cookie Shop.






Today’s pigeon and duck of the day.



I finally got around to the statues that I remembered from our time here 18 years ago.


We drove around the west side of the island again today. We went past where the Disney resort was to where the road actually ends on the west side. This side of the island is very different from the other side of the island. It’s not as crowded but we didn’t see a resort or or hotel on that side. The beach is very different as well. In some areas it looks very rocky and not sandy at all. There is a beautiful valley with tall green mountains that look like it divides the island in half.













We saw this sign for Space Force. We didn’t realize they had one here.


I learned that Tua’s hometown was Ewa. We saw the sign for it today. We may check out his high school tomorrow.


Joe found online Little Joe’s Steakhouse. So we had to try it out tonight. We sit down and the waiter comes over and talks to us and immediately wanted to know where we were from. We told him Alabama and he spent some time in Chattanooga as a child. So he recognized the accent. A little later Sweet Home Alabama played in the restaurant. When he came by we asked if he played out song. He told us that the restaurant we had picked is owned by former Alabama place kicker Peter Kim. I remember reading that Peter owned several restaurants in the Honolulu area. What are the odds we would pick one out of all the places in the city. The food was great, especially the passion fruit crème brûlée. Now Mr Vanilla didn’t enjoy it as much as I did.






As we were heading back to the hotel we saw a couple of rainbows.


Today’s flora and fauna.













Tomorrow is our last day here. We fly home tomorrow night.