The 50th State to be admitted to the United States of America.  Hawaii.

What a cool state it is.  Located in the middle of the grand-spanking nowhere… in the middle of the big blue ocean…. specifically Pacifically.  Of all the places…  this snappy state is a string of islands.   They are islands with crazy names.

The first inhabitants here in Hawaii came from Polynesia.   Hey.  Polynesia!  That’s what I do when I am in a kick-boxing match.  Polly knees ya’!

At any rate, around 300-500 AD those old Polynesians came to Hawaii from the South Pacific  They most likely arrived from  the Marquesas Islands.  And…. they most likely found the Hawaiian Islands in double-hulled canoes.  Imagine.   A big canoe ride from Polynesia to Hawaii.  “Row, row, row, your boat……”

After they settled in here… they built some big temples.  These were used to worship their two principal gods….  KU, god of war and LONO, god of peace and agriculture.

Those Polynesians lived here a long time…. until the pesky Tahitian explorers arrived in 1200AD.  The Tahitians showed up…. AND…. not only did they conquer the Marquesasians….  they also enslaved them.

The details of the middle years are involved.  The long and short of it…. they brought Pili who was the father of the royal line leading to Kamehameha I.   A long line of Royals… Kings and Queens… followed.   Social classes emerged and the Hawaiian culture started to form.  More on this at another time.

Yet …. one thing for certain is this…. they must have seen an incredible paradise when they came to this new and strange land.  Lava. Coral. Clear Water.  Beautiful animals… like… like unicorns.   Unicorns.  Yes… dancing Unicorns and Rainbows.

The stuff fairy tales are made of.  Fairy tales I’ll tell you.