We headed down the mountain to a quiet Hilo Airport on Sunday morning under a cloudy sky. One nice surprise was the very comfortable patio type furniture in the waiting area of Hilo airport. Apparently they were new and some were still waiting to be unpacked and set up.
We took off for Honolulu and got another good look at the top of Mauna Kea, we were at the same altitude as we passed the telescopes.
In Honolulu we drove to the Hilton Hawaiian Village and checked into the Ali'i Tower, with a nice view of Waikiki Beach. We had to adjust to so many people being around after being out on the rural Big Island.
We swam a little and walked around the Hilton complex.
Monday, the 27th, we headed out to the beach and walked from the Hilton at one end to the end of the hotels on Waikiki Beach. We walked past the Pink royal Hawaiian, the Grand Old Lady of the Waikiki resorts.
On the way back we finally did the tourist thing and $20 to have our picture taken with Lei's, parrots, cockatoos, a macaw and a couple of other birds - with our camera.
That wasn't the end of the birds. when we got back to our room on the 10th floor of the Ali'i Tower, we had visitors. We had left the sliding door open and found a white dove checking out our room. he strutted to the lanai and took off. Ten seconds later his cohort came strutting out of the bathroom like he owned the joint and walked out the door and flew off.
We packed up and headed for the airport and United Flight 2.
Hawaii was way better than we expected and we would have been happy to stay, but the sign we photographed in Kalapana was prophetic,
it was the end of the Hawaiian road. We loved it, we hope we'll be back again.
A great way to celebrate a great 40 years.
Aloha, a hui hau.... Bye, until we meet again.
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