We're here! We left PDX at 10:15, arrived on Maui five hours later. Then, we caught our connecting flight to Honolulu an hour after that. Seeing the beautiful waters of Hawaii from the air for the first time was a thrill. Although, it was cloudy and gray when we arrived, it was beautifully warm and the skies did brighten up a bit before long. We got our rental car and drove to our hotel in Waikiki. It definitely is the big city around here. This place is hoppin'! It took us almost an hour in traffic just to go about seven miles. Looking forward to seeing some countryside, even though it's always fun people watching too.
We got situated in our hotel, and both decided that we were starving, so we headed out the door and found, of all things, Planet Hollywood. Hey, we were hungry and it was close by! We'll do the more traditional food...maybe tomorrow!
After dinner, we walked another block to....the beach of Waikiki! Woohoo! The sand is very tannish-brown. Not like our gray-brown that we have on our Oregon beaches. Very pretty. A little coarser than ours too. Not soft at all.
We ended our long day watching our first sunset on the island of Oahu. Walking back to the hotel, we discovered a Cheesecake Factory and guess what they had?! A 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cheesecake! It was just meant to be! Sorry, I'm too tired to download the picture that I just took of the cheesecake. You'll just have to use your imagination!
Aloha for today!
Wow! Beautiful pictures.
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