When we started to plan our trip to Kauai, I really did not take into consideration how far away we would be. I understood that there would be several planes, and I knew it would be long, but for some reason it just didn’t register how really far away we would be!
Here are the highlights of our trip over:
We were picked up at 2:00 am at home and the drive to the airport was uneventful. “One-word answer Mike” was the driver. We all managed to get some sleep, which would come in handy later on! Checking in at the airport went pretty smoothly. It is quite a sight to see everyone walking through the checkpoints in their socks, humbling! Our flight to Chicago went well, Melody slept through take off! But we ran into some bad weather and were rerouted. Our hero of a pilot managed to get us landed before the thunder storm hit, so we were not delayed. Many others were not so lucky, this would also come in handy for us later on. In Chicago we had a bite to eat and got caught up on the soccer game. Luckily, our Honolulu connection was on time and we were back in the air again. The stewardess moved us up to a row of three when she saw we were traveling with a baby (the flight had been full, but because of the bad weather delaying flights all over the place, some unfortunate travelers did not make their connection). The three seats were an absolute life saver. Melody was able to lie down to sleep, stretch out, and stand up. She passed a great deal of time tearing up the complimentary magazines in the seat pockets in front of us.
Once we arrived at our hotel we ordered a Hawaiian pizza, watched the soccer replay and were sound asleep by 6pm (local time, it was 12:00 North Bay time!)
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