Thursday: I was still super nervous about leaving while Maddix was so sick. However, we was on the mend and my Mother-in-law kept assuring me there wasn’t anything she, and the list of neighbors/ward members/friend who’d left their numbers couldn’t handle.
We left much later than hoped and spent the evening getting pampered and eating at Olive Garden for a late dinner. We spent the night at the Hyatt, and parked our truck there for the entirety of our trip. It was so nice to just unwind from all the preparations, cleaning, and illnesses we’d been burning ourselves out tackling for the past month!
Friday:
We had an early flight from MSP to LAX. While waiting we ate a delicious breakfast in our terminal (it was -30f outside). Along the way they updated us that our connecting flight was significantly delayed, so we decided to grab an Uber and head to lunch at Ruby’s (it was mid 50’s outside)! Unfortunately just as we ordered our food, we were updated again that our flight was moved back up… so we rushed back to the airport and had to throw away most our food. Oh and then just after our Lyft dropped us off, Delta updated that they had changed our terminal… so we ran back to the place we’d just past! Oh and then there was one more surprise line to get our Hawaii-Covid wristband; we made the cutoff by 7ppl and then they ended the line. Everyone else had to wait in a multi hour line once they landed in Honolulu; we did meet some nice people in line though.
Finally it was time to fly to Hawaii! It was weird knowing that it was getting late, but to know we were gaining time. When we landed, it was sunny and 6:00pm, even thought it felt like bedtime for us. So we rented a jeep and found some dinner at Ziggys (my least favorite food/place of the trip). Then drove in the pitch black to our hotel, wondering just what it looked like around us! Because the smells were heavenly! It was 71 degrees outside!
We checked into the Marriott Hotel and the staff were all incredibly friendly. We got to know a girl named Na’ha really well because she helped us with our ant infested room. We could switch rooms until morning and just had to deal with it for the night!
Saturday
I was so grumpy with Travis for waking me up at 6:30am after all the traveling we’d done over the last two days, until he asked if I wanted to go for a sunrise run… umm, yes! We jogged across the street to a beachfront and began watching the sunrise and then Travis had an even better idea. There was a decent hill that crested into a point out over the water and it made the perfect spot to watch the sun rise! While there we read a plaque that describes the history behind the rock formations surrounding us and how legend said they were the pieces of a reptile monsters head that had been shattered. I LOVED this morning.
We ate breakfast on the patio at our hotel.
We then parked a ways away and enjoyed a beautiful walk down to watch the Pipeline competition. I’ve never sat and watched people surf, but after hours of enjoying the surfing/crowd watching I still wasn’t ready to go. We stopped at a place called Kahuku Farms on our way back and it instantly became my favorite spot on our entire trip! There was something very special/zen about it and the food was the most heavenly food I’ve ever tasted! Not to mention that eating farm grown vegetables in a garden is just an incredible experience.
Back at the hotel our new room was ready and we enjoyed the ocean view while getting ready to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center.
The market outside the PCC had a fun energy and some extremely good salesmen! We ended up purchasing several turtle necklaces made from silver and “the wisdom of the sea” stone… Aasnndd I don’t regret it. The PCC was so fun to tour around and learn about the different traditions of the Polynesian islands, but the buffet and HA; Breath of Life show were amazing! Those fire dancers! Wow.
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