What is a Vacation?

Dennis and I are in Hawaii on VACATION! We have to remind ourselves what that means.

Vacation: A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation

We left home early Saturday morning. Mom and Dad Hatch drove us down to the airport and it was nice to be able to visit with them for a few minutes before we left. We flew to Honolulu thru Seattle and Dennis was able to arrange it so that we could have some time in Seattle.

We spent the day with a college roommate, Karen, and her husband, Greg. We've kept in touch through the years with the annual Christmas card and an actual visit every 10 or so years. We had a wonderful time doing some sight seeing in downtown Seattle and eating fresh sea food.

Our flight to Honolulu was fine. We arrived at about 8:30 PM so by the time we got the rental car, picked up some groceries to get us through the weekend and got to the condo, it was almost 10:30 local time (1:30 MST). Needless to say, we went to bed pretty quickly.

Sunday was pretty relaxed. We went to church, ate dinner and then went down and walked on the beach for a couple of hours.

This is the view from our condo. If you look in the distance between the buildings you can see the ocean.

The building center front there is the Marriot.

The church is a large complex with buildings around a center courtyard. This reflecting pool is at the back of the chapel and next to the Relief Society building. It is very beautiful.

Did you notice the bride and groom in the background? There were 4 or 5 different bridal parties we saw during our walk.

Monday, Dennis had business calls starting at 5 AM. By the time he got all done with work it was about 9:00. We went out and did some shopping. Dennis wanted to go get some clothes at the Goodwill. We also hit Costco, Walmart, Sam's Club and the Ala Moana shopping mall. F

When the sky cleared up a bit, we went up to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. (The Punchbowl) It was beautiful and a so peaceful compared to the hustle and bustle of the city.

For dinner we went to Ono's. It is a little tiny place that normally you would never notice except that there are always people standing around outside it. It is suppose to have the best typically Hawaiian food in the area. We went early enough to not have to wait. The food was good but nothing that would make me want to hurry back to get more of. After dinner we drove out around the east side of the island.

More to Come...