Roosters

Day 8 - Feb 4, 2011
Ahh the roosters of Kauai ... nice way to start the day but so early!

Friday was our day to transfer from Maui to Kauai. The day started in the usual manner and turned a bit cloudy shortly thereafter. There has been talk of some foul weather coming this way. We had a nice breakfast in the condo and completed our packing. We had an 11 o’clock check-out and a 1 o’clock flight to Honolulu and a 2 o’clock flight to Lihue Kauai. We cleaned up the place and left the extra food and beer for the cleaners. Overall the condo was adequate but lacked the feel we had experienced when the place was run by a single management company. The owners now run through any company and the feel in that condo was not what we had learned to like about Kamaole Sands. Some of the entires into the Guest Book were not very flattering of the owners or their approach. But overall it was adequate and we noted some other locations for future stays.

We returned the car rental and checked in at the airport. The traffic through security was very high but they managed a pretty thorough security process in fairly short order. We were in a line that would take 45 minutes in Ottawa and we were through in about 10 minutes. Organized bunch for sure. We had a short wait for the flight (island hops are like commuter flights around here) and we were on our way – oh we landed after a short 34 minutes.

In Honolulu we had a short wait at the gate and we were loading, flying and landing all as scheduled. We arrived in Kauai at about 2:30. Once there I picked up a car and Freddi waited for the luggage. The latter came in on the next flight (30 minutes later) and we were off to the Marriott Vacation Club called Kauai Beach Club. This is our 4th time staying here and the feel and appearance was very familiar with that “feeling at home” feel about it. We settled in quickly and went down to the pool area and had some nachos and a cocktail at Kulio beach bar. We chatted with some other owners from South Carolina and enjoyed the brief interlude to the day. We then unpacked our bags and went to the local Walmart for some supplies for the suite and to set up the suite for Lucy and Tara-Lee. That was all very easy as we knew where to go and how to get there – mostly.

At around 7 pm we received a text from Tara-Lee saying they were unable to make the tight connection in Honolulu and they would be delayed by a half hour as they and to catch the next flight. They did that and we met them at about 8:30 when they arrived after a long day of travel. We gave fresh flower leis when they arrived to ease the weariness and we drove to the resort. They settled in and we went to Duke’s for some appies and sustenance before calling it an evening. It was a nice day and I was happy to have Tara-Lee and Lucy with us for the week.