How do I love flying, let me count the ways.  First, seven hours of flying directly behind a screaming and coughing toddler; next, flying in the seat behind the toddler’s mother who kept the seat leaned back to the maximum the entire time (nothing like a seatback tray in my gut for 6+ hours); then the young, large mother constantly getting up and down from the seat incessantly, dragging suitcase after suitcase from the TWO overhead bins her stuff occupied over our heads; and lastly, both the mother coughing almost the whole trip.  Hawaii never looked so good!

We left Little Rock about 8 AM, flew to Denver where there was snow on the ground, left Denver about 12 noon, and arrived in Hawaii about 3:30 PM.

 Our transfer to the hotel went smoothly, as did check-in.  We dropped off the luggage, changed into swim suits and headed for Waikiki Beach, directly behind the hotel; Kay’s swimsuit is under her other clothes!

After a short stroll, the time differences became relevant as it was near midnight Central Daylight Savings Time.  After sharing a light meal, we returned to the hotel to briefly catch up on email, and get some sleep.


Kay’s View:  Waikiki is very congested with hotels and shopping.  The Outrigger Reef Hotel is lovely.  There are at least two outside spas, one hot tub, and a large pool here besides walkout directly on the beach. Our room has a balcony overlooking the pools and spas.  Our room is very nice! We can see Diamondhead from the hotel beach, and the tropical plants here are incredible.  Hibiscus grow and are used as shrubs.

Thursday, very early.  We’re experiencing ‘jet lag’ – we managed to stay awake until 1:30 AM our time, 8:30 PM Hawaii time, and after sleeping almost 6 hours we woke up – it’s 2:00 AM Hawaii time/7:00 AM CDST.  We may have to have a nap today!!  Another plus is that almost everything in Waikiki is within walking distance and the weather is beautiful.  Trolleys are available to ride to get around Waikiki and also Honolulu.  We’ll probably go out exploring today.
Stay tuned for the further adventures of Kay and Donald.