Warning! A Full Day of Flying May Result in Paradise.

Josh and I awoke to the annoying sound of our alarm this morning at 5:45. Within 10 minutes, we had dressed, finished packing and were out the door. Okay, that might be a stretch, but, my dad was there within minutes of our waking and so we finished getting ready and made our way over to the airport to begin the long and grueling process of flying to Kaua'i.

We first had to fly into Phoenix before making our connecting flight to Lihue (la-hoo-ie; not lye-hoo).






















This flight was supposed to be 3 hours, but by the time they de-iced the plane and applied an anti-freeze solution to the exterior, we had sat on the mat an extra 45 minutes. The flight wasn't so bad, but upon arriving in Phoenix, we got stuck sitting on the runway for a good 20 minutes while waiting for our gate to clear up. I began to get nervous, as we had a connecting flight to make and didn't want us or our luggage to miss that plane! Eventually they pulled us into a new gate and we had just enough time to scarf down some fries and Starbucks before boarding the plane to "Paradise".



We totally lucked out on this flight. The man occupying the third seat in our row moved to a different seat as soon as our plane reached the maximum altitude, leaving the whole row to ourselves for the 7+ hour flight. I will not bore with the details of the flight, but it wasn't so bad. After flying over the Pacific for hours and hours, we finally, we saw some land; Oahu.



A short while later, we were touching down in Kaua'i and it was amazing!



After obtaining our rental car (a Chrysler Sebring convertible) and checking into our resort, Josh and I went to Wal-Mart and Safeway to load up on eats and treats. We had passed what looked to be a nice little seafood restaurant on our to the condo, so after unloading the groceries, we went back out to see if it was any good. It was! Josh got a 12 ounce New York Strip Steak with asparagus and macadamia nut, garlic mashed potatoes. I ordered the Sea Bass which came served over the same macadamia nut, garlic mashers, spinach and a mushroom/pesto sauce. Whatever is was, we loved our meal.



However, there was something strange about this Wahoo place; there was a donkey roaming around outside! Kids were petting it, then eating their dinners and no one seemed alarmed at this!



Well, now i think it's time to get a wee-little sleep. It has been one very long day, and I'm already looking forward to whatever events tomorrow may bring.