Well, I haven't blogged in ages but decided to use this blog as our journal for this trip. We left DFW for Kona the morning of the 24th and, lucky us, got standby first class seats and had an absolutely delightful (but long) trip. Checked into the Hilton Waikoloa (thanks to John Bryson) and wandered off to find our "tower". We were in the Ocean Tower which necessitates a boat or train ride. Yes - this property is that huge! Our room overlooks several pools and the four acre lagoon. It takes lots of footsteps to go anywhere in the hotel but the property is absolutely beautiful. Exhausted, we walked a few steps to the Boat Pavilion restaurant and had a nice quiet (quick) dinner. I'm embarrassed to say but we were in bed by 7:30pm. Of course, this resulted in both of us being awake at 4:00 am. We definitley got an early start on the day. There are so many places to explore and that's exactly what we did. The afternoon was capped off by playing their 18hole, par 36, putting course. We each managed one birdie (one putt) and lots of bogeys. There is no reason to post the final score but let it be said I prevailed by one stroke!!
Dinner last night was at the Chinese restaurant, Kirin. It was very good. Don has moo shu chicken and I had dim sum. Then we picked up a couple of mai-tais and sat on the lanai and gazed at the ocean and the waning sun. There is nothing more relaxing than sitting and listening to crashing waves and the sway of the palm trees.
Today it's time to pack up our things and move to the Waikoloa Marriott for the next seven nights. It's 7:00 am and we've been up for about two hours. We still have lots of exploring to do here so we're off to visit the Lagoon Tower and all that is on that side of the property.
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