Travel day was long... no surprise there.
We started at Radisson near airport. Take a memo: don't stay there again. I think this may be the place where Carol's car got hit by the golfball. You can see them stuck in the grates in the parking lot.
We got a sucky room right by the elevator...probably because I used my Radisson points to get it free and the place was full. I complained and we got 3 nights parking off our bill, so that helped a little. Then we remembered that the hotel is right by the train tracks. Not much sleep, but we've had worse.
Relatively easy airport and flight. Seems like lots of kids. Some doing their homework quietly, a toddler followed by gma and mom up and down the aisle saying hi to everyone. I think I could pack Benadryl and sell doses for high price (to those sitting next to the kids)
We had a little wait at the Honolulu airport.. enough time to have lunch and wait for the 30 min flight to Lihue.
I THINK I saw a woman on the PDX flight who was there when Chris was born. A friend of Ria Danis and Pam Sellix in Clatskanie who was a nurse at St. John's. I think her name is Janice. She arranged to change her shift so she could be John's nurse in the delivery room. I saw her twice, but she was never where I could get her attention. She went to Kauai too, so maybe I'll see her again. At least I can find her name from Pam the next time and make a post trip contact.
Short drive, but lots of traffic, to get to Poipu. We could go slow enough to look at the plants and birds on the side of the road and can't identify many.
There are wild chickens/chicks/roosters all over the place. Supposedly the result of a large scale escape back during some big storm that destroyed some farms.
We found the equivalent of Ray's and stocked up on breakfast/lunch groceries and took one walk over to see the ocean. yellow sands, turquoise water. This is the resorty scenery. Think Inn of the Seventh Mountain, only tropical. People were reading in lawn chairs, attempting to surf, playing in the waves. We think that will be our later in the day activity.
Today the plan is to go up the west side of the island. No itinerary beyond that.
I'm not sure we've got all the pieces to be able to load photos, but if you want to see where we are staying: http://www.kiahuna52.com/
If I can figure out how to insert links, I will.
Chris suggested the blog as we instant-messaged (a verb?) this morning.
I'm still having some work thoughts, but will try to banish those... or figure out a place to write them down so I can banish them, but deal with the later.
John's awake. Guess it's time for breakfast and adventures.
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