Aloha family, friends and visitors!

Our travel day to the Big Island of Hawaii was an adventurous one. From severe weather in Memphis, to a 6 hour layover in Los Angeles then arriving 30 minutes early to Kona, it was an experience we will not soon forget.

We also learned a lot from this day.

There is no such thing as packing light for a 7 day vacation.

$6.00 per day to park in long term beats gas to and from for someone to drive us.

There is no way to get comfortable sitting three wide in coach for a 4 hour flight.

Flying coach for 4 hours leads to seat upgrades to first class for the 5 1/2 flight to the island.

Flying first class for the first time leads to the revelation that we need to upgrade our tickets for the return flight today.

Mai-Tai's during pre-flight calms the nervous flyer!

Airline food has come a long way!

It sure beats the last time I flew and had the fish!

We cannot sleep on planes...

When you cannot sleep on planes, you take pictures of the world below.

Kailua-Kona International Airport is entirely outdoors. Baggage claim, ticketing, terminals. Beautiful!

Thank you for stopping by to read about our adventure! We will post more as we can. Today, we head into the deep blue sea for a catamaran snorkeling cruise and BBQ, Hawaiian style!

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Mahalo! Cindy and Robert