10/04/19 Friday

Travel day home.

It’s been dumping rain all morning so I don’t feel quite so bad leaving lol.



I got all my stuff packed up and the room cleaned up. I would like to have been the mouse in the room when the cleaning staff come in and find all the piles of things I left behind. I tried to group them together. If the went out on the balcony and found the bodyboard and fins. The meat and cheese I left in the fridge. The peanut butter and granola that was on the cabinet. Did they eat it? The tide pods in the drawer. I hope they didn’t eat those lol.

Alamo gave me a $40 credit back for the ant problem 😁. Good thing he took my word for it. They are good at hiding. Probably hitching a ride in my suitcase lol.

I got to the airport, checked my bags and since I didn’t pull TSA Pre check a third time in a row I had to stand in line with the rest of the commoners. They make you pull out all electronics and food from your carry-on. So much for my awesome packing job lol. When you get through the checkpoint you just throw all your stuff back in your bag. Next time I will separate it in a stuff sack. Ugh. So unorganized. I checked two bags. I decided I didn’t want to carry two onto the airplane. My main bag weighed 39 lbs again. I don’t think I could pick it up if it were any heavier. The rest of my dirty clothes I stuffed into a duffle bag.

So far I’ve been to Oahu twice, The Big Island once and now Kauai.

Oahu is very commercialized. A lot like being in a big city. Shopping malls and five lane freeways everywhere with the ocean and warm sandy beaches as a bonus.

The Big Island pace was a lot slower. No giant shopping malls and driving was simular to a small town in Oregon. Where I stayed you could walk to a lot of different beaches and shopping areas. My only issue would be the active volcanoes lol.

Kauai was the most reserved with only one mall with Macy’s and a few small stores. It literally snuck onto the island along with a Walmart. I felt they are the most diligent about preserving island and not letting big city developers take over.

I’m on the exact same plane A321-neo from PDX to Honolulu. How do I know this? The portable wall that separates us from first class is the broken in the same spot lol.

The airplane is full. They made everyone in boarding zone 3 gate check their overhead carry-on. I guess that’s how you can save a little money as long as there isn’t anything valuable or going to melt in your bag. That’s why I sit up front lol. Although the restroom is all the way in the back. Yes I had to use it. I geared up with my anti bacterial wipes and sanitized the whole thing. It is so small.

On a side note. I look like a gangster. I packed my hat by accident and had to buy one at the hotel.

Or I look like Kasey lol.

On the way down and almost to the landing strip I feel the airplane start to ascend. What!?! Another plane landed in front of us. So glad we averted. We had to turn around and try again. I hope we make it 😁

I’m back!