We departed our condo on the Big Island about 10AM on Friday and headed for the airport. We got a real kick out of the Hawaii airports, everything is outside, check in, gates...everything. It is very nice but would not work at home. We had basically uneventful return travel, we arrived home in Addison around 12N on Saturday. That makes the trip roughly 20 hours. Considering we flew from the Big Island to Oahu, from Oahu to JFK, from JFK to BTV and had an hour drive home, that is not too bad. We flew Hawaiian Airlines, they were great, two meals (with wine) on the long flight and they were super nice.
One thing we noticed while in Oahu and the Big Island is that the sunsets were not like what we recalled when we were in Maui in 1991. Sue and Roger are in Maui now and are putting out some of those spectacular sunset pictures we remember. We were treated to one of our great sunsets on Mother's day, a reminder that we also live in a beautiful part of the world.
Overall it was a very good vacation, we packed allot of fun into a week in the pacific, we came home exhausted but the experience and memories are well worth it. Can't wait for the credit card bill to arrive....
Ed and Jean, Mahalo for going with us...Aloha
Mahalo Fred for keeping track of our daily memories. Cannot wait to look at all of the pictures on Flickr. Until we vacation again, Aloha!
ReplyDeleteFred forgot to mention the 6 month old triplets in the row in front of Jean and Ed! I think the trip was a little longer for them although the wine helped. So fortunate to be able to take these vacations, especially with Jean and Ed - priceless. Meeting our good friends Sue and Roger another bonus.
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