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Article: What a Trip: Hawaii has something for all the senses
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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BONNIE LANGAN LOFSTEDT left for Hawaii after taking her last
final at UC Berkeley. The Orinda resident traded her Miramonte and
Cal-Berkeley school days to work as a camp counselor in Kauai. It
was during that time that Lofstedt met her future husband, Curt.
The husband-and-wife team own Island Helicopters and have been
providing helicopter tours for over 28 years. They recently earned
the distinction of being the only helicopter company able to land at
Manawaiopuna Falls. The 400-foot waterfall was used in the filming
of Stephen Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" and is only accessible by
helicopter.
While the Lofstedts were visiting family in Lamorinda, I was
soaring over Kauai's Waimea Canyon ...