We arrived at Hilo International and went through baggage check etc. My sweet and amazing husband left a huge knife in his carry on bag so he caused a bit of a delay.When we finally took off the view from my window was stunning! It is cool to think we literally drove all the way around the Big Island over the last few days!
We landed in Honolulu and headed to have lunch with TJ's Uncle Paul and Cousins Kelly and Eric. We ate at a restaurant called Zippy's. I have never really noticed until now that there are two very distinct sides to my husband. He is VERY redneck Arkansas and he also is very Hawaiian. For example, we have white rice at nearly every meal. It doesn't really matter what it is, TJ makes rice. Well turns out that's how they do it here in Hawai'i. Everything on their menus has rice somehow mixed in. At least at all the local places we ate. Anyways, lunch with the family was great. Getting to know how dynamic and fun TJ's family is makes me want to visit them more! I am so happy they are my family now too! :)
Once we made it to Waikiki and checked into our hotel, we FINALLY headed to the beach! We had been in Hawai'i for 5 days and had yet to put on a swimsuit! There just weren't many places to swim on the Hilo side that weren't all lava rock for shoreline. The water was amazing and I pretty much love the ocean!
We just swam for a little bit before the sun went down. Mom and I headed to dinner and TJ went back to rest. We ate at Shore Bird right on the beach. It was so fun! We had to pick our own meat then we went and grilled it ourselves.
We were nervous cooking our own meat, but we lived...so far! LOL! Next up on Leigha's Itinerary 'O Fun is snorkeling and hopefully a climb up Diamond Head! Woo Hoo!
Oh and just for the record! I have never been teased so much for having an excel spreadsheet for a vacation! However, where would we be without it hmmm? Lost. That's where! :)
Aloha,
Leigha
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