Allegiant Airlines offered a non-stop flight from Eugene to Oahu back a few months. We didn't hesitate, but signed on immediately with our good friends Earl n Marian. It was great fun to travel with a bunch of folks from the neighborhood...ie: people from the surrounding communities. Half the people on board were wearing Duck or Beaver hats or tees or carrying something with their logos.
We kept busy the whole time. Although my body never did adjust to Hawaii time. Therefore, I woke about 4am and was soon eating my chewable vitamins (only thing to eat in the room) and downing my first Coke. At night it was all I could do to stay awake past 8pm...big yawns!!!
Norman filled another item on his bucket list with a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial site.
I made it to Da Kine Bail Bonds and the Dog Shop just 5 minutes before it closed and bought a new t-shirt...a bucket list item of mine...lol.
We found a travel bug hotel among some roots of this beautiful banyan tree. The park is just across the street from our hotel. Yep...that's just one big whopper of a tree!
We climbed Diamond Head from the bus stop to the summit and got three geocaches in the process. The picture is looking back to Waikiki. Our hotel would be difficult for anyone to spot, but it's next to the road and beach right off the upper corner of the park. We missed not having our Yuma walking buddies with us on this climb.
The food channel mentioned the number one place to eat traditional Hawaiian food was the Rainbow Drive-in...we did...the parking lot was packed...our taxi driver warned us against it...we liked it...lol
We walked a few Hawaiian blocks (a long ways) to Leonard's Bakery to try the 'fresh from the fryer' malasadas...yummy! They're kind of a donut without the hole. I had mine rolled in a sweet n sour sugar...liked it!
Went to the Polynesian Culture Center...did a canoe ride...tried native dancing...met a Chief/Prince from Fiji...watched some native dancing from the South Pacific islands...luau...big show at night...and I really enjoyed looking at this guy. Notice the tattoos? All the way from the waist to knee, and it's done in only two weeks. I would think the tattooing around the belly button would really hurt!.
Eating! Well, we're lazy about trying too many new restaurants. Our favorite by far was the Cheeseburger in (Paradise) Waikiki just a few blocks away...had several lunches and a couple breakfasts. The hamburgers are the very best!! Oh, and the mojitos were to die for...
Norman is drinking a pina colada...not very good...hee-hee.
Great trip...always a few drawbacks. The worst this trip was probably the hotel. It is currently renovating the whole thing. The property alone is probably worth in the millions or more...beachfront...nothing will ever be built to hide the park...the zoo...the beach...or the ocean. But...OMG...the noise during the day was awful...and our lanai was blocked off for repairs just a couple days after our arrival. And only half the pool and pool deck was accessible. So we pretty much kept ourselves busy elsewhere during the day or lounged in the hotel lobby. Our room was nice, because it had already gone through re-modeling.
A view from our lanai before they closed it off to us. The circle at the bottom is a memorial to the ancient Hawaiians.
BUT WE FINALLY LANDED IN OAHU AND STAYED!
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