As it always does, it began as water. Nothing else. Just watery vastness. Then, from the very core of the earth, came the foundations for this string of magical islands that we know as Hawaii. Fiery, molten lava. After millions of years of building from the ocean's floor, they poked out of the ocean and rose into the world.Before their discovery in 1775 by Captain James Cook, the area was discovered by Polynesians who came in canoes sometime in the first 1,000 years after Christ. Hawaii became an official state on 21 August, 1959 as the 50^th state of the United States. Hawaii is made up of eight major islands which include: Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Kawai, Kahoolawe, Molokai, Lanai and Niihau. Hawaii is considered the most isolated population center in the world. It is 2,390 miles from California, and 3,850 miles from Japan. Hawaiian weather is quite consistent year-round. Rather than four seasons in Hawaii, there are really only two - Summer and Winter. Summer generally goes from May to October and is called Kau in Hawaiian.Winter is known as Ho'oilo and generally runs from November to April. Average Temperature: 80 degrees F. There is not much change between daytime and nighttime temperatures. The official languages in Hawaii include both Hawaiian and English. The actual Hawaiian language is a Polynesian dialect.  

"And wherever the native Hawaiian went he said 'Aloha' in meeting or in parting. 'Aloha' was a recognition of life in another. If there was life, there was mana, goodness and wisdom. And if there was goodness and wisdom, there was a "God " quality. One had to recognize the  "God of life" in another before saying 'Aloha', but this was easy. Life was everywhere-- in the trees, the flowers, the ocean, the fish, the birds, the pili grass, the rainbow, the rock--in all the world was life--was the "God of Life" --was Aloha. Aloha in its gaiety, joy, happiness, abundance "
When you see local bumper stickers that ask, "Got Aloha?" or read, "Live Aloha," it's not a tourist gimmick as some think. It's a plea for people to live by the Golden Rule. "Get Aloha." Bring some here and take some home. Aloha!