This Is Us

Day 3 - We woke up around 7:00, got checked out and headed to the airport to fly over to Kauai. The roads there are really neat. The freeway has a highway underneath it. Here is a picture: We took the highway underneath because it wasn't as busy... we were in the middle of the morning rush-hour. Their rush hour isn't that bad, but because they only have 2-3 lanes on the Freeway it was pretty packed. We drove around a little bit trying to find a gas station, and finally got the GPS out and found the closest one. We turned the rental car in and they took us over to the airport in their shuttle. The driver asked us where we were from and when we said Utah the first thing she asked was if we were Mormon. We said yes, and she said that her cousins are Jack Mormons. Which she then asked "You know what that is right?". We nodded, and said yes. Then she talked more about her cousins and their missions, and that they live in Utah. We got to the airport and went through securit...

Day 2 - We woke up around 6:00 A.M. and went to an "orientation" that the company, who we bought our vacation through, was having. It wasn't really much of an orientation as it was a sales pitch, but at least we got breakfast out of it and some really cute pictures of us (I'll have to scan them in). They were trying to sell us tickets to do stuff at a lower price. But since we only had time to do one thing that day, and we were leaving for Kauai in the morning, we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center ( PCC ). That is the coolest place. We had to rent a car because the PCC was on the other side of the Island. So we rented a car and it was pretty cheap... only $29.00 and that was a Mid-size. They gave us a map and said we could go up and across, go through the mountains, or go along the coast... guess which one we picked. Yep, we went along the coast. Their "Freeway" is only 3 lanes and it's 50 MPH. A big change from 5-6 lanes and 65 MPH. Then we had to...

Day 1 - We left home around 4:30 A.M. Got to the airport and checked in (we used the sky cap that is outside, it was so much easier), and then went inside, found the terminal, and waited to board the plane. Poor Nick had a migraine, and got sick. He gets those now, ever since he had is fall at work. I felt so bad for him, and so helpless. I didn't know how to help him, other than saying a prayer. We boarded the plane about 5:45 and left just minutes after we boarded. It was a small plane, because we just flew into L.A. I'm not sure what big city we flew over, I thought it was Las Vegas, but I couldn't tell for sure. But I got a fun picture of the city lights. We arrived in L.A. and had about a 2 hour layover then boarded the huge plane for Hawaii. It was 3 seats - isle - 5 seats - isle - 2 seats and it had probably about 50 rows, not counting first class. Nick and I had the 2 seats so we didn't have to sit by anyone else. The movie they played was Speed Racer. We were g...