Aloha! Tomkin and I have returned from what was probably the trip of our lifetimes. What an amazing belated honeymoon in Hawaii! I'm going to blog about each day separately because it seemed like each and every day was packed full.
We started with a long travel day on Wednesday, October 21st. Fletch drove us to the airport about 9:30am (he and Liz stayed at our house with Chloe while we were away). It was sad to say good-bye to Chloe! We both missed her a lot while we were traveling. Our first flight took us to Los Angeles, where we barely had time to scarf down a pizza before catching our second flight to Honolulu. We had originally booked a nonstop flight, but Delta changed it so that we had to stop both ways. (Don't even get me started on my current loathing for Delta! Aloha spirit...aloha spirit...aloha spirit....)
Tomkin kept himself busy on the flights watching "24" and "Deadwood" on his iPod and reading books by Christopher Moore. I did crossword puzzles, played electronic Yahtzee and Bejeweled Blitz, and read magazines.
When we arrived in Honolulu, a woman was waiting for us with beautiful purple leis!
Tomkin had arranged that for us, and it was a surprise to me. What a sweet touch! She walked us through the confusing airport and helped us figure out where we were supposed to go. The weather was gorgeous--we could tell because parts of the airport didn't have walls!
We finally caught our third flight, which took us to Hilo on the Big Island, where we arrived about 8:00pm Hawaii time (1:00am Minnesota time). We picked up our rental car and drove to the
Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, where both of us crashed out pretty quickly. We were exhausted! But very happy to be in Hawaii.
We started with a long travel day on Wednesday, October 21st. Fletch drove us to the airport about 9:30am (he and Liz stayed at our house with Chloe while we were away). It was sad to say good-bye to Chloe! We both missed her a lot while we were traveling. Our first flight took us to Los Angeles, where we barely had time to scarf down a pizza before catching our second flight to Honolulu. We had originally booked a nonstop flight, but Delta changed it so that we had to stop both ways. (Don't even get me started on my current loathing for Delta! Aloha spirit...aloha spirit...aloha spirit....)
Tomkin kept himself busy on the flights watching "24" and "Deadwood" on his iPod and reading books by Christopher Moore. I did crossword puzzles, played electronic Yahtzee and Bejeweled Blitz, and read magazines. 
When we arrived in Honolulu, a woman was waiting for us with beautiful purple leis! 
Tomkin had arranged that for us, and it was a surprise to me. What a sweet touch! She walked us through the confusing airport and helped us figure out where we were supposed to go. The weather was gorgeous--we could tell because parts of the airport didn't have walls! 
We finally caught our third flight, which took us to Hilo on the Big Island, where we arrived about 8:00pm Hawaii time (1:00am Minnesota time). We picked up our rental car and drove to the Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, where both of us crashed out pretty quickly. We were exhausted! But very happy to be in Hawaii.
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I've been waiting for the blog version! I am too old to keep up with the Facebook Status updates! Hope Tomkin liked Deadwood - it took me a bit to get into, but I ended up loving the focus on the characters.
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