I had been in Hawaii for a week. I needed to return the rental car. I called the rental company and asked about changing the drop off location to Hilo. They told me that it could not be changed. The car MUST be returned to Kona on the scheduled day at the scheduled time. So,Continue reading “Hookena Beach”
Category Archives: Travel
Rental Cars
Looking back towards Kona from Highway 11 on the drive to South Point It was a short walk from the highway where the bus dropped me off down to the rental car center located between the airport and the highway – or as they say in Hawaii, mauka the airport; makai the highway. Then toContinue reading “Rental Cars”
Another Warm Welcome
It was ten minutes after five when the plane took off from Oakland. The direction was west. – into the setting sun. The sunset was spectacular – not just because of it’s duration (over two hours) but also because it produced a band above the horizon starting with a dark red-almost a purple – toContinue reading “Another Warm Welcome”
Passport
I found this on Linked-in this morning: ‘Vaccine passport’ needed to fly? Share By Jake Perez, Editor at LinkedIn News Updated 1 day ago 12/29/2020 While coronavirus vaccines are distributed around the world, a Geneva-based nonprofit is teaming up with airlines and The World Economic Forum to create a “vaccine passport” app to ease air travel during the pandemic.Continue reading “Passport”
Sept 2018 Return from Hawaii
After spending a week in Hawai’i in September of 2018, we were scheduled to return on a flight out of Kona at 10 PM on United Airlines. We arrived at the airport around 7:30 PM and returned the rental car. The shuttle dropped us off at the terminal and we proceeded through the TSA gauntletContinue reading “Sept 2018 Return from Hawaii”
November 2020
I sit and I wait. It was a rush to get to the airport so that I could sit and wait. It was a hassle at the check-in kiosk. I thought that the purpose of the kiosks was so that you didn’t have to wait in line. There was a line waiting for the kiosks.Continue reading “November 2020”
September 28, 2018
We flew United Airlines from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Then changed planes and continued on to Kona. We left Phoenix at 10:45 AM and arrived in Kona at 7:50 PM. There was a great sunset view from the plane as we crossed the Pacific Ocean above the clouds. We picked up a rental car atContinue reading “September 28, 2018”
March 2020
As I look out the window, the only thing I can see is the ocean. And the wing of the plane, of course. There is a thin layer of clouds toward the horizon and below us, but looking directly down (as well as I can through the window of a plane) the water below usContinue reading “March 2020”
Return to Hawai’i during the pandemic
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean that they aren’t out to get you. The first step is always the hardest. I am a procrastinator. I am also a worrier. Once I finally push myself to take that first step, things usually work out for the best. Not always the way I had envisioned, but atContinue reading “Return to Hawai’i during the pandemic”
A Covid Test
Well, I have broken down and done something that I vowed to myself, that I would never do. I went and had a covid-19 test. Not just one, but two!! On the 16th, I am going back to the Big Island. With the current pandemic, Hawaii has gone off the deep end. They have hadContinue reading “A Covid Test”
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