Posts from — February 2019

Well we once again headed to Hawaii early in 2019. Hawaii is so nice and handy and fairly close just in case we have to come home on short notice.

We stayed with Jeff and Lindsay in Kelowna the night before we flew out. Then very early on Jan 16th we headed to Kelowna airport for a 6:00 a.m. flight to Vancouver and then about a 2 hour layover in Vancouver before flying to Hawaii. We arrived about 2:30 p.m. and after getting to the Hotel we still had lots of time to go for a beach walk and stick our toes in the sand of Waikiki Beach.

This was a year of walking and discovering some areas around Waikiki that we had not discovered. Our average steps per day as measured by our Garmin Watches was 18,500. A couple days we surpassed 25,000 steps. We used the  hotel shuttle bus a couple times, but mostly we just walked everywhere.

Once again this year we stayed at the Pacific Monarch which is a block and a little bit the the beach. The location is excellent and it is at the quieter end of Waikiki Beach. We had a corner room on the 31st floor so a tremendous view of the beach and also the Friday night fireworks from the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Plus the staff at the Pacific Monarch are so friendly and welcoming.

Jeff, Lindsay, Zach and Oliver joined us for the 5 days of our vacation and it was great to have a few days to watch the boys enjoy the beach and sites.

I played Ukulele on Monday and Friday with a group called “On the Beach” and then occasionally with a group that did a traditional “Kanikapila” or jam session on Thursday and Sunday evenings. So, lots of fun.