This year, we arrived at the airport with MoreBacon in time for a little visit to the Sky Club and then we left her behind in the club because we had the earlier flight. It was an uneventful flight with a smooth connection in Honolulu (and a short visit to a cute little Sky Club). On the way to our gate we passed a gate with a lot of people waiting for the non-stop to Atlanta, and thought of DairyAir and her clan.Stopped at Target on the way to the condo so that we would have milk and juice before we went to the Kona Temple the next day.Grabbed a quick dinner at Bubba Gump's and then went for our usual walk along Ali'i to the pier and back to the condo.
Day Two
O went for a walk along Ali'i Drive (2.5 mi) before we went to the temple. We arrived at the temple extra early, but it is such a tiny temple that there really isn't a place to wait until it's almost time for the session to start (no chapel- you just go straight to the room for the session). After a while, our session started with 5 men and 10 women. We are often the youngest people in the session because most people our age are at work at 9:30 a.m. and today was no different. It was a nice session.After the temple, we changed our clothes and did some running around town and shopping- Costco, Kimura's (old fashioned fabric store), our favorite macadamia nut factory (not the famous one everyone thinks of) and KTA (grocery chain store).We ate at Huggo's, where O had a series of three different salads instead of an entree and I had a nice seared hawaiian sea bass with purple sweet potato puree and a haupia/lemongrass sauce. Then we walked it off with another stroll to the pier and back (about 2 miles from condo to pier and back).
Day Three
We had a lazy morning. O walked down Ali'i again, we had a buttermilk pancake breakfast in the condo and then went to the farmer's market for fresh fruit and salad fixins. After that we headed off to the other side of the island to pick up some premium vanilla beans. Jer has found us a Utah source for vanilla, and we'll use those beans for some vanilla adventures this summer, but for our Christmas Creme Brûlée we like the Hawaiian vanilla bean.After the vanilla bean plantation we went up through Honomu to visit an old friend:
They've done a little work in the parking lot, clearing away a few trees, etc. For the first time that we can recall, we could see the top of the falls from the there. An interesting view
After a snack at Pesto in Hilo, we drove back to Kona and spent the evening hanging out, eating popcorn and home made cookies.All in all, a yummy day.
2 comments:
Pretty view!
Mmmmmm...macadamia nuts. Is it the small place where you can go in and crack one and eat it?
Yes. It's that little shop with the 'crack your own' table out front. We like them best. Good quality and good prices.
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