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1964 Lehnert, P.
Dec. 2
we arose at 8:00 A.M., climbed into our
rented Datsun and headed SW on Rt. 50; we
stopped and ate at Cookie's Diner, the only eating
place for about 40 miles; we then headed on
our westerly trip; bad luck finally caught up
with us at Waimea Canyon lookout (we should
have taken the sign for what it said - Look out!);
when we pulled into the parking lot there was
one other car there so I pulled in two spaces over,
leaving one space between us, as well as the whole
parking lot around us; we hadn't been there long
when a tour bus pulled into the parking lot,
ignored all the rest of the parking lot and
attempted to back into the spot between us - he
got in but he also smashed in the right side
of our car; [illegible] the bus, the bus driver and our
car all belonged to the same company so we were
some what better off; the bus then regurgitated
its screaming mob of typical tourists which came
spilling up onto the lookout; two women came up,
stood beside me and began the following conversation
which had me in stitches (to be in perspective one
must picture this huge canyon stretching tens of
miles in every direction - a rival for our own
Grand Canyon) "Isn't it lovely?" "It's called the
(over).