billbauer

Contrary to our usual winter time routine, we decide to take a jaunt to Hawaii in late January / early February for some relaxing and gazing at the ocean time.  And when I say "Hawaii", I mean Hawaii the island otherwise known as the big island and not Hawaii the state or the Hawaiian islands.  And, yes, we are only visiting Hawaii and not any of the other islands.  This trip is for relaxation and not for sightseeing.  Hence, this blog is not only six weeks late, it has been condensed into a single blog entry.  I'm not sure how much of "here we are again looking at the ocean" you can take. We decide upon this trip in mid-December so it is rather late to get airline reservations and our air itinerary isn't the most ideal.  We fly from Minneapolis into Kona but have to change planes in Los Angeles.  This makes our arrival at Kona late in the evening.  After waiting and waiting for our luggage, grabbing a rental car and finding our hotel, we finally change