Hawaii Arrival

We started our great adventure today. We walked across the street to the terminal and checked everything in. We had time for breakfast before boarding. They don't give a person much food on flights anymore.

We left O'hare at about 10:30 Central Daylight time. We arrived at LAX about 1:00 pm local time and lost two hours in the process. It was a 4 1/2 hour flight. Rob watched the landscape and I read a book. He saw some strange greenish smoke somewhere in Colorado. We also saw Shiprock NM. That really looks cool from the air. The landscape was spectacular.

We had about four hours to kill in LA before our next flight. We unfortunately got the dreaded "S" on our boarding pass which means an extra search. It really wasn't that bad. We even talked to the TSA people a little about our honeymoon and they wished us a good trip.


We also met some nice ladies at the Burger King. They were on their way to Paris. They mentioned leaving from gate 27, which was a good thing. Just after they left in a hurry to board their plane, I noticed one of them had left her jacket on the back of the chair. I took it to gate 27 and they were just in line to board. I got hugs for bringing it to them.

The picture above is the listing for our flight to Honolulu.

We left LAX at about 6:00pm Pacific Time and arrived in Hawaii five hours later. We lost another 3 hours and some of our lunch. The airplane set down with a mighty thump and wild swaying. Probably the worst landing I have ever experienced. As we exited, the pilot's door was firmly shut. They probably didn't want to hear the comments.

We checked into the Marriott and were informed that due to Rob's platinum status, we had been upgraded to an ocean view room with a king bed instead of the standard. We spent the first hour out on the balcony just breathing the wonderful air.

Now we're going to bed.

Aloha.

We'll try to keep our blogs on CDT time. We might get a little confused though.