Off to the Big Island of Hawaii

Harry had booked our flight from Oahu to the Big Island of Hawaii since he had all the information for the timeshare....... the problem ...... he screwed up the dates.... We arrived at the airport in Oahu in time to catch our flight to Hawaii..... a day late.... fortunately there was room on that days flight.... in 1st class

 

 

Upon arrival at the condo in Hawaii Harry was given brochures outlining some special discounts on tours if you attended a "timeshare presentation".... as Pat and I had no interest in going it was decided that Pauline and Harry would go and Pat and I would do crafts in the lobby.... seriously!

 

 

In the morning as Pauline and Harry prepared to go to the "timeshare presentation" Pauline scolded Harry and insisted he leave his credit cards at the condo..... he did and off they went...

 

Pat and I did our crafts and returned to the condo. Lunch time rolled around and no Pauline and Harry.... they had the car so we were pretty well grounded. 2 pm came and went and now we are getting worried.... 3 pm came and went and I was ready to call the police when in they walked ...... full of cheer and rambling on about how beautiful the timeshare was.... and then they broke the news.... Harry had not left ALL his credit cards at the condo and so he bought timeshare number 3 in Hawaii.....

 

 

 

 



 

 

 Enroute to the Big Island - Diamondhead from the air

 

 Harry and I booked an air tour over Hawaii and Kilauea volcano

 

 Flying over our timeshare - white units

ours was an ocean front

 

 Kilauea volcano

 

 

 You can see the orange glow of molten lava

 

 Lava has flowed over the road cutting off access

 

 Yes that is a home there and the owner has refused to leave

 

 Cloe up view of the home

 

 Flying into the valley

 

 Harry and our Cessna

 

 In a lava tube

 

 On the beach

 

Pauline and Pat enjoying the ocean

 

 



Oahu airport for the long trip home

 

And long it was.... we arrived early at the airport in Hawaii, the waiting area is outside, there is a cluster of small buildings and the gate is a canopy and a bulletin board.

 

There was an aircraft on the runway and a few people standing at the gate, an attendant at the gate would occasionally allow those waiting to board the aircraft so I wandered over and asked if it was our flight and she said "no, we are just returning the plane to Oahu but if you want to ride along its fine", so we boarded and off we flew.... the pilot was either drunk or an ex-fighter pilot with a death wish..... as we approached Oahu, the runway is by the ocean and approach is over a marina.... this joker came in low and HOT.... I thought we were going to clip the masts on some of the sail boats.

 

Our flight from Oahu was direct to Atlanta.... so we thought..... somewhere over the Pacific around 5 am they informed us we were going to San Diego to pick up more passengers. We were to deplane for about 2 hours and then board the same craft for the trip to Atlanta.

 

At San Diego we find out that Pauline and Harry are not booked on the same flight as us from Atlanta to Buffalo..... they have the car in Buffalo so we have to wait for them there.... no problem their plane departs 30 minutes after ours, right? ... wrong ......

 

We leave Atlanta and arrive in Buffalo.... Pauline and Harry's plane is grounded in Atlanta due to weather ... 27 hours after leaving Oahu we arrive home in Burlington.