An overview of the trip should be given up front. We will be leaving RDU tomorrow morning (11/7) at 7am, much earlier than wanted. Our good friends and neighbors, Carl and Mae, are very gracious to take us to the airport in the morning, beginning about 5am. Thank you, Carl and Mae, for being there when we needed you!
We'll fly to San Francisco, where we'll stay until Monday morning, 11/10. While in San Francisco, we plan to see the touristy things--Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, Coit Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, and the big trees in Muir Park north of the city.
On Monday, we'll board a plane again, this time headed to Honolulu, Hawaii for almost two weeks in Paradise. We'll land Monday afternoon and check into our hotel near Waikiki Beach for 5 nights. We'll tour the city, including a luau, the war memorials, and just hanging out in the Honolulu area.
On Saturday morning, we'll check out of our hotel in Honolulu and board a cruise ship, the Pride of America (Norwegian), for a 7 night cruise touring 4 additional islands. We'll stay on the ship overnight, but two of the island stops will be overnight stays. We've booked 4 excursions, ranging from a submarine ride to traveling to the area of the volcanic action on the big island. Should be exciting and different!
On Saturday morning, 11/22, we'll disembark the ship and go back to the Honolulu airport for a short flight to Maui, where we'll spend 3 nights before flying home. While on Maui, we'll rent a car to drive to some sights, including a volcano to see the sunset or sunrise (or both). And, we'll rent a motorcycle to ride some of the twisty roads on Maui, including the famed Road to Hana, so that Malcolm will have ridden in all 50 states comprising the United States.
On Tuesday night, we'll board a plane on Maui for the long trip home, arriving on Wednesday, 11/26, the day before Thanksgiving. We'll be two tired puppies!
Our goal with the blog is to post something every evening. But we know and need to say that there will be nights with no blog being posted. There will certainly be technical glitches (there always are) and there will be nights when we're just too tired to do it. But we'll try.
We'd appreciate reading your comments along the way. A voice from home is always nice to lift the spirit when home is so very far away. If it's too frustrating to do it, don't worry about it.
Tomorrow begins the adventure that will end in marking one more item off the bucket list! Join us virtually! Our bags are packed!!! :-)
Have a safe and happy trip.. Thanks for the blog information.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! Have a great time : D
ReplyDeleteEnjoy and have a wonderful time! Since I can't go physically, I am ready to embark on this adventure with y'all virtually. Love both of you.
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