Marv and I decided we wanted to spend our last morning at the beach, playing in the water, while Heidi and Kris hoped to get to downtown Honolulu to see the royal palace. That didn’t work out for them when they lost track of each other at the International Market. We rented a boogie board to try some wave riding. It didn’t work too well but we had fun trying. After an hour or so we had to check out of the hotel and have them hold our bags until it was time to go to the airport. We returned to Duke’s Canoe Club for lunch and then had Nate, the shuttle driver who had driven us from the airport, take us back to the airport. Our flight left on time and they made good time, getting us to Chicago about 20 minutes ahead of schedule. On the seven hour flight we saw “Did you hear about the Morgans?” and “Young Victoria”. None of us got any sleep to speak of so our heads were cottony as we arrived at O’Hare around 4:30am Central time, or 11:30pm Hawaiian (and our body) time. The next legs of our voyage were uneventful and we arrived back to our house about noon. It was another memorable and successful Spring Break for the four of us. We were all left with the pleasant impression of how happy the Hawaiians we saw and who served us are. We felt safe everywhere we went. We learned of and experienced the concept of Ohana (family) and were called “cousin” by our new friends. And like Puerto Rico last year, it seemed like we had been to a foreign and exotic locale without ever leaving the country. We left many things undone and several islands unexplored. Sometime in the future, hopefully in the wintertime so we see the humpbacks, we’d love to return to Hawaii. I will most likely next return to this travel blog in June, when we go to Alaska. Y’all come back then, ya hear?
You all look like you had an awesome time! Great pictures and welcome back!!! -Kristi
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