4:50 a.m. – Despite the fact that we have TSA Precheck, security takes forever. Somehow K’s little 5-year-old hands have some sort of “questionable substance” on them. Therefore, TSA is forced to unpack all of our carry-on luggage.
- Assorted beach toys, snorkels, and leis via the dollar section of Target: $32.99- Coloring books and crayons for the plane for K: $11Pre-booked activitiesWe paid my sister $250 to housesit/watch our cat and dog. We also bought her a few groceries .3:30 a.m. – Our alarm goes off. Waking up is incredibly hard because we didn’t get to sleep until 11:00 p.m. because we are procrastination packers. I finish up some last-minute packing while J gets K dressed. J and I grab yogurts for breakfast.
12:00 p.m. – Land in LAX. We snacked on the plane but are excited about real food. J really wants tacos to have a “true California meal” so we choose a Mexican place. J orders an assortment of tacos and a side of rice and beans. I order chicken nachos, and K shares with both of us because the portions are huge.2:00 p.m. – Last leg of the trip! K is finally feeling the effects of getting up early and it being her bedtime back in Baltimore. She conks out for most of the final plane ride.
7:15 a.m. – We head down to the hotel lobby. We see an advertisement for a fancy brunch the hotel puts on every Sunday. The food in the ad looks really enticing. We cave and book tickets.7:30 a.m. – We decided to rent a car for the weekend to explore beyond Waikiki. I made a reservation in advance, so we go to our hotel’s rental car desk for what we assume will be a fairly quick process of finalizing paperwork and paying for the car. We are wrong.
3:30 p.m. – We see a turtle! One actually crawls up to shore and it’s bigger than K! K and I watch in awe as it tries to make its way back into the ocean and we cheer with the rest of the beachgoers as it finally makes it way back to sea. J says the turtle swam right by him while he was snorkeling and it was terrifying but incredible.
3:30 p.m. – We head towards the Byodo-In Temple, a Buddist temple that is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddist temple in Japan. It’s drizzling a bit, and the mountains are covered in fog. The temple looks absolutely majestic nestled in the mountains. There’s a giant peace bell that we can ring, and lush gardens and koi ponds are everywhere. Friendly temple cats roam around. We pay $10 for all of our tickets and $2 for a bag of food to feed the koi.5:00 p.m. – We head to...Walmart.
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