Blogs from Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 3

It was a hard night's sleep for Steve as his swimmer's ear became very painful, which then required an urgent care trip in the morning to get antibiotics pills plus ear drops. Everyone was also up very early, which was going to make for a long day considering the plan in the afternoon was to drive to Honolulu to order special Portuguese Malisadas from Leonard's Bakery and see Tory's cousin Dave at his restaurant, Pint and Jigger. Tory, Susie, and George entertained the kids all morning in the pools and waterslides while treating them to some much-deserved treats of Mickey Cookies. The kids had a tasty lunch of the minion-shaped chicken nuggets that Tory bought earlier in the week, one of the thrifty ways to save money on the vacation of grocery shopping for some meals ... read more

Another beautiful day in Hawaii. We had breakfast at the hotel. We walked around the Ali Wai Boat Harbor after breakfast. We looked at the fish we could see swimming next to the boats and piers. We also saw some eels. We walked past the area with the surfers getting ready to head out. We were picked up by Heidi Uber and the Hardy Boys. We drove to the Dole Plantation. We went on the Train ride through the pineapple fields and then did the pineapple maze. The shrubs were in the shape of a pineapple with more maze around it. We found all the hidden stations. We had pineapple ice cream and then headed to the north shore. We found a parking lot full of food trucks and had some lunch. Next we went across ... read more

World Cruise Part 3 Thursday January 19th Sea day 10am. Bearing 301 degrees, Temperature 27 degrees C 7 degrees N. Speed 20.3 knots 82 degrees W. Force 2. Calm seas Travelling parallel to Central American coastline. There was another talk about the Panama Canal - The Geological and Entomological challenges of building the Canal. Again, very interesting to all you scientists and geographers out there. Revision for us as came through the canal returning from S America in 2018. Never ceases to be fascinating how canal was constructed. Originally baby of De Lessops, (Frenchman who managed the construction of the Suez Canal )with some input from his son and Monsieur Eiffel too . Thought would be able to dig out land and go through at ground level like Suez but it was an elevation of 210 ... read more

Another rainy day in Oahu. Breakfast at our hotel club was good again today. Spam and rice sushi was Pedro's favorite this morning. We had a quick dip in the hot tub. It was cool and there was a heavy mist, close to a drizzle. If you are from cold areas of the country it was still a good hot tub day. Heidi Uber picked us up today. We headed back to the base and got our base passes. It was kind of like going to the DMV to get a license. Pick a number. Fill in the form. Wait until called. Turn in the form. Wait for background check. Get picture taken. Get finger printed. Wait again for the printed pass. It took about 1.5 hours. Parking lot had signs limiting parking to 1 hour. ... read more

Drove to Chicago the night before our flight to Hawaii. There was snow during the day and several major pile ups on the interstate during the day. The roads were all clear by the time we were driving. Roads earlier in the day were sketchy with slippery patches. Pedro had picked up Kasie earlier in the day from college as it was time to take the stitches out after her surgery to fix the humerus. 16 days post major open reduction with internal fixation of the right dominant arm. She has been doing well and she has been doing her exercises regularly. She is doing well and getting really good motion already. Always nice to have a faithful patient doing all the exercises correctly! We were up early to catch the shuttle from the hotel to ... read more