Wednesday, November 9, 2011

warm-up vacay on O'ahu!

With just over a month left until oyr big trip, we took a weekend trip to O'ahu to see some dear friends. We flew out of our very own neighborhood airport on a little propeller plane! Yours truly got some great Marriott hook-ups at Ko Olina, which is the time-share property on O'ahu, much like where I work, so that was the home base. We all surfed a bit up on the North Shore, even me! Ella, the fish, had fun a little closer to the shore. A visit to Sunset Beach, where Ella made a new friend and some mexican at Cholo's and we were ready for bed. Awesome day!
 the wright's have arrived in honolulu
 Ella hanging ten
 Ella and her new friend Gabriella at Sunset Beach
 At the Marriott, not too shabby
 Ellie and the boys enjoying the jacuzzi
 the fish
 We vacation in style
 holding on tight to uncle
 man-made or not, it sure is a pretty place
 Ella's cool in her hat
 Luckiest baby!
Woke up early the next day to check the surf, but the weather wasn't inviting and we all felt a little sick so we hung out at the Marriott instead. The sun came out and we explored the pools and the man-made lagoon. I am convinced that Ella will develop webbed toes and fingers as well as gills any day now. We had a fabulous dinner and a really good time before we had to make a rather early night. Wake up call at 430am... Didn't want to get stuck in traffic on the way to the airport. We ended up saying goodbye at the inter-island terminal while our dear friends headed for the international one. Since we were three and a half hours early for our flight, they offered us an earlier one with a short stop on Molokai. Gladly accepted! At eight in the morning we were back on Maui, completely pooped, all three of us..

2 comments:

Mona Andersson said...

Vilken underbar helg ni haft. Lilla fisken Ella såg ut att gilla era vänner. Men så länge det är bad som gäller så gillar hon läget.
Kram på er, snart kommer ni till oss.

Grandpa Mike and Heidi said...

Looks like a fun, fun time.