Hawaii, Day 1

Day 1: Saturday, May 3, 2014

We left super early this morning when Cameron and Vickie picked us up at our apartment at 4:15 AM. Cam drove down to City Creek and parked his car in his reserved spot. We then called a cab who met us on the corner of Main Street and South Temple to take us to the airport. Our flight to San Francisco was un-eventful as was our layover. We boarded a 777 jet to Honolulu but had to wait an hour after we boarded (there was an issue with back-up to the back-up radio/ satellite phone). I was so tired from waking up at 3 AM that I just slept through the whole delay. 

We arrived around 2:30 pm, got our rental car, and headed to Costco. I love a good Costco but this Costco was amazing!! It has fresh pineapple for $2.99 (we bought 5!!). We bought other fresh foods for breakfast, salad, and a rotisserie chicken for dinner tonight. Then we made our way across the island to the North Shore and our rented condo at Turtle Bay (64 West). We unloaded the car and prepared dinner. Vickie cut up one pineapple and we all devoured it- so tasty- bursting with flavor and juice. After dinner, Val really wanted to go to the beach even though the sun had already set. The beach is kind of a walk from the condo but worth it to stick our feet in the sand. We walked home, nearly zombies by now from waking up so early. We are trying to go to bed (it's currently 8:50 pm) and Lesley and Val see a gecko on the wall (the three of us are sleeping in the loft of the condo) and Les is trying not to freak out like the last time we were in Hawaii in 2002. I think she is doing really well managing her fears and phobias. Val always helps Les get over her fears. 

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