Hawaii - Sunday, December 21, 2008

Today was very interesting - to say the least. We've just recuperated from our 26-hour flight over to the Islands. We had to adjust our travel plans a bit to the airlines' elimination of several of our original flights. (Which in short means that you travel longer and spend more time in airports to accommodate their shrinking budgets and questionable efficiencies.)

We did spend a fair amount of time in Phoenix yesterday and enjoyed one of our favorite restaurants while we waited. Lo Lo's Chicken and Waffles is something everyone should get to enjoy if they get a chance! It is, in a word, outstanding.

Our flights to Honolulu and Kauai were both delayed quite a bit due to the severe weather back in the "mainland." Chad's brother, Robert, is actually stuck in Seattle still and cannot get out yet due to the unexpected 12" of snow that hit their northern Pacific town and the unfortunate inconvenience of a workers strike that eliminated all of the deicer options for the planes.



Meanwhile, back at our ranch, I was spending time trying to retrieve my lost luggage - which somehow made it to this island on another airline. Off to retrieve that now! More later.