Hawaii

Friday, May 11th Honolulu and Hilo We are on the last leg of our Great Adventure, and today we are starting to really feel the home strings pulling us! Our Honolulu visit began with a stop at Office Max where we purchased two small boxes and then packed them in the parking lot. These boxes are filled with our cooler weather clothing, jackets, sweaters, some books and papers and those wonderful bathrobes that came with our Grand Occasion Package. Next stop was FedEx! Then we were on to the highway and over the mountains to the north shore, where we spent the day driving along the coast. We stopped at Waimea Bay Beach, where we have been many times. Another stop was at the Dole Plantation. We really miss that little old shed that used to stand among the pineapple groves where we could buy vine fresh pineapple. Reality set in when we hit afternoon rush hour traffic. We did get back to the ship on time for our overnight sail to Hilo, on the big island. Hilo was just as we remembered it. We picked up our car and were off for a half day drive to the eastern end of the island. We stopped at "Hilo Hattie's" to get some Hawaiian-wear for Allie. Today we are on the last four days at sea before we finally reach LA. We were asked many times about how we would do on a 30 day cruise, and I think I can say that we have done great! Our stateroom is roomy and although we don't participate in Bingo or Ballroom Dancing, we still have plenty to keep us busy. Now we are looking forward to getting home and back to our favorite pastime, taking care of Allie!