This is our fourth trip to Hawaii! We visited the Big Island in 2004, Oahu and Maui in 2007, and Kauai in 2014. We had a specific reason for returning to Oahu this week and I'm pretty excited about it!
We left our house at about 3:45 am to drive to Reagan National Airport; from there, we flew on American Airlines to Dallas Fort Worth Airport for a short layover before flying to Honolulu. Despite any minor annoyances throughout our flights, it was so great to be on an adventure! One of the cutest moments of the day happened at the end of the 7.5-hour Dallas-Honolulu flight when a little girl a few rows ahead of us called out, "We finally made it!" in a very animated voice. Adorable! And exactly how I was feeling after a long day!
As I previously mentioned, we had to have proof of negative COVID tests within 72 hours of the trip, and when we landed, we had to go through a security/customs-type checkpoint while they verified our test results. It was a fairly quick process, and after we grabbed our luggage from baggage claim, we picked up our rental car and were on our way to our hotel. We spent the night at a Hampton Inn, so after we checked in, we grabbed a bite to eat and went to watch the sunset. Along our drive, I spotted two rainbows, so the trip is already off to an amazing start!
We are thrilled to be here in this incredible natural beauty! We went to bed very early because of the time difference and the very early start we'd had to our day. Hopefully that will help fight the effects of the jetlag!
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| Ginny was not happy we were leaving; so grateful my mom is able to watch her for us! |
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| The bathrooms at DFW airport had availability indicator lights above the stalls! Genius! |
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| We sat in a row right above the wing, so this was the only pic I got from the plane! |
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| I was on the hunt for a "Welcome to Hawaii" sign for a "50 States" pic, but this was the closest thing to one I could find when we were in the airport! (thankfully, the one in the pic in my previous post was at our hotel!) |
Happy Tails to you!
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