Sunday June 26th:
Woke up at 7:30 AM and went down to meet the family for breakfast at the Five-21 restaurant at the Oread Hotel. After some pancakes, omelets and warm conversation, we packed our things into our parent’s car and headed to the airport for our flight to Kaua’i!
After a relatively seemless check-in (minus the near confiscation of Connor’s cologne bottle which was “nearly” over 3 ½ ounces), we got ready to board the plane for the first leg of our trip with a layover in Denver; however, right before getting on, a couple with a small child approached us and offered to swap seat locations for the flight. While we were booked to ride with the cattle in the economy class, these kind strangers had two tickets in first class. At their insistence, all we could do was say, “Thank you.” This random act of kindness was completely unexpected and was just the beginning of our good fortunes.
Following two relatively painless stops in both Denver and Los Angeles, we boarded the plane to our final destination, the garden isle of Kaua’i. Nearly 11 hours of total flight time brought us to the island around 8 PM local time (1 AM Kansas time). Fortunately, our bags made it with us too, and we headed for the car rental area. What we found was a nightmare... Two attendants were running the check-in counter at a snail’s pace. Being the fifth in line, we waited nearly an hour just to see an attendant; however, they were most gracious with us, and decided to upgrade us for free to a splendid Ford Mustang convertible. Winning!
While driving on the island at night was slightly unnerving, we finally got to the hotel at around 9:30 Kaua’i time. The Sheraton at Poi’pu was just as generous and upgraded us to an Ocean side view free of charge. We finished the night with our first ever Hawaiian pizza (both of us had never even tried it before). It was created with locally raised pulled pork and pineapple. Delish!
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