Mark would (apparently) know it at first sight… and apparently really knows his helicopters, since this is one of a dozen or more variants in a long line of Hughes model 500 helicopters… The “D” certified in 1976…

Now, now, Cherry… Let’s not get all negative here… Of course Mark knows where he’s going!  And note the “you’re” and not the “we’re,” which might imply that Cherry will be taking the Roadster back to the Hotel, or someplace else to continue to get her vacation on…

The Chamber of Commerce, or “the Chamber” for short, is a political organ usually populated by the oldest and whitest of the business community…  OK, maybe not on Hawaii, where the dominant population (presumably) would be native Pacific Islanders…  or not…  according to the 2010 census, Asian accounts for nearly 40%, White 25%, another 25% declares mixed heritage and Native Islander comes in at 10%… So anyway, who calls the Chamber to get a recommendation on a Helicopter?  Ask the Concierge at your fancy hotel, pull it up on your phone and look at the Yelp ratings… but the Chamber?  Strange.

And it looks like Cherry gets to go!  Maybe that was a given, but I wasn’t going to put it past Mark to duck and run…  But the question now is can he get the chopper to land and wait while Mark and Abbey do their “thing…”  Investigate invasive species, of course. Not the other “thing…” And is Cherry even remotely excited about all this?  Sure, why not…

Word choice is ever so important…  rather than say, “Bill suggested I charter a helicopter,” or “Bill suggested I find a chopper, complete with a licensed and insured pilot flying it, to take me (not us, mind you) to the island,” Mark shares with his Darling Cherry that “Bill suggested I get a (an?) helicopter…”  Which of course elicits the gob-smacked stare from Cherry in panel 3…

But let’s turn our attention back to the first panel, where Cherry’s work with the Total Gym® is on full display!  Look at that core!  Look at how trim her arms are!  It’s almost creepy!  Almost makes me pine for her LL Bean lady’s chamois-cloth shirt and dungarees!