Hawaii: Day 1

Hawaii: Day 1

Yesterday felt like the day that would never end. It started at 4:00am in Dulles, VA. We woke up at the ass-crack of dawn to catch our 7am flight to San Francisco.

We arrived at the airport on the hotel shuttle with plenty of time to spare. The security check was much more in depth than I expected. You see, this is the first time I've flown since 9/11, so I haven't ever experienced the increased security measures. The x-ray lady didn't seem too bothered by my titanium PowerBook. I'm sure they see them all the time. I, on the other hand, caused a little more commotion as I passed through the walk-through x-ray machine. They pulled me into their special wanding area where I was thoroughly wanded and scrutinized. I even had to undo my belt so they could make sure that I didn't have a little hidden bomb in my belt.

We made our way to our gate, grabbed some Starbucks (MMMMMMmm...) and waited for our plane to board. Time passed pretty quickly, amazingly, and before too long we were boarding our plane.

The flight to San Francisco seemed pretty long. They showed "How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days". It was surprisingly good, and it made the time pass by quicker than it would have.

We arrived in San Fran at around 9:15am local time (12:15pm our body's time). Our next flight wasn't scheduled to leave until 1:25pm, so we had lots of time to kill. We walked around the airport and grabbed some lunch.

We were back on a different plane at around 1:00 and headed out into the Pacific Ocean. About 5 hours later, our pilot managed to find his way into Lihue (pronounced Lee-who-ie) airport on the island of Kauai at around 4:00 local time (10pm our body's time).

Needless to say, by the time we got our rental car and got settled into our condo, it had been a VERY long day. We made a quick trip to the grocery store to get some things, and then came back and hit the hay.

Posted by Jeff at June 15, 2003 04:04 PM