Family Travel with Points and Miles
It was another early morning for my wife, but luckily I slept very well. I felt nearly fully recovered from my cold that had held me back the previous day. It's no fun feeling under the weather on vacation but at least it seemed like it would only be for a day. Laundry DayWhen we… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 8
My wife woke up early again for work. When I eventually woke up I realized I had developed a bit of a cold. I was congested with a sore throat and a little bit of a cough. A hot shower helped a little for a few minutes, but the telltale body aches and general miserableness… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 7
My wife got up around 2:30 and I quickly rolled over and went back to sleep as did the kids. She, unfortunately, would have to work while on vacation which means working east coast hours. The 6-hour difference would be painful in the mornings, but at least she's be done by noon local time and… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 6
We slept in knowing this was our last day on the Big Island. We had a pretty good time on the island and felt we got to see much of what it had to offer, though I'm sure there was a lot we missed. After breakfast in the lounge, we went back to the room… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 5
This was our last full day on the Big Island before heading off for Maui the next day. It was our last chance to go see the Volcano National Park which was the main reason I wanted to go see the island. We had tried going there on our first full day but Tomatico was… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 4
Tomatico woke up pretty early, likely because he took a long nap the day before recovering from his motion sickness. By about 5:30 he was wide awake so I decided to go to the gym with him. We started off by jogging along the trails of the resort to see where things were. We found… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 3
The previous day's travel was pretty exhausting, but I slept VERY well. In fact, I was out cold as soon as my head hit the pillow. The rest of the family was up for at least an hour after I was but I never noticed, so I woke up fresh and relaxed. We all got… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 2
The days leading up to this trip were particularly busy for us. While the kids were out of school for just over a week before the flight dates, they had been at home with us most of that time. We didn't put them into any summer programs because they would only be able to go… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Diary – Day 1
With two destinations we'd need two rental cars. One would be for 4 days on the Big Island and the second for 10 days on Maui. Given that we'd have multiple large bags plus several smaller bags, we felt we'd need to get an SUV to make sure we had room for all our stuff.… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Car Rental Planning
We had our flights lined up with our first 4 day stop on the Big Island which we had never visited before. We'd then head to Maui for 10 days which we were definitely looking forward to returning to. Big Island HotelSince we were flying into Kona, we concentrated our search on hotels in that… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii – Hotel Planning
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