Ko Olina

Saturday January 14th and Sunday January 15th.  Joe and I have never driven all of the way around the island.  It's only ninety miles, but we've never done it.  Up until this weekend the furthest west we has been was Kapolini.  We went a little further this time and ended up in Ko Olina to celebrate Annie's birthday.  Being that we were the last ones to get there we slept on the lanai in pushed together chairs swaddled in down blankets.  Saturday was started with a soak in the spa.  After breakfast we walked along the beach and snuck into Aulani, the new Disney resort, where we had shave ice.  We spent the rest of the day being spoiled and gluttonous, napping in the sun by the pool.  After lunch and a movie we spent the last of the day lounging in the the spa while the rain fell.  How is it that we are so lucky that this is how we get to spend a normal weekend?  We get to party in a place where generations of royalty spent their time and where the souls of the great warriors left the earth.  People spend years saving money to spend a week at a place like this, some people couldn't even imagine that.  Hawaii, I promise not to take you for granted.  Annie, happy birthday.

Watermelon, li hing with lilikoi and watermelon with lemon lime