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| Heliconia
Several years ago, my sister Barbara was scheduled to join
us and her daughter Sharon in Hawaii. Barbara was too ill to make that trip, so
this was her make-up trip. We picked her up at the airport and the three of us
spent the next day recovering from jet lag while sunning ourselves on the beach
at Waikiki. Touring Pearl Harbor and the Dole Plantation filled our remaining
time before we flew to Maui.
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| Pat and Barbara in tropical garden
We picked up a Ford SUV and drove to our timeshare in Kihei.
We checked in at the office and they gave us an assigned parking space and the
combination to the unit. Our assigned parking spot was full. We hauled our bags
up to the unit, only to find it occupied! We thought maybe they gave us the
wrong unit number. It turned out the unit we were supposed to be in was
occupied by the adult children of the elderly owner of the unit. She had
deposited this week, and then she forgot that she had and gave the week to her
children. The manager of the complex found us another unit for one night. The
next day the “children” moved out and we moved in. No one was happy with all
this moving around. Then we had to return our SUV because the hatchback would
not close properly. This exchange took over an hour. The week was getting off
to a rough start!
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| Maui coastline
After we got settled in, we went to several beaches and did
some snorkeling. Barbara wanted to do the Hana Highway so we circled Haleakala in a 10 hour trip. We saw lots of waterfalls and beaches, but my back hurt from
so much sitting. Moving our heavy bags around further aggravated it. Barbara
wanted to do a glass bottom boat trip (since she didn’t snorkel) but due to the
trade winds blowing at 15-20 mph, the seas were too rough. We did enjoy the
Maui Ocean Center which is a very well presented aquarium. Barbara’s time in
Hawaii flew by way too fast. She headed back to MD and we moved on to Kauai.
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| Luau entertainment
We stayed at a timeshare in Lihue and did a little hiking
and snorkeling. We went to a Luau and I got a severe case of the chills. Chills
and fever continued the next day. I was also having a problem with my leg. (It
was later diagnosed as phlebitis). So it turned out to be a restful week as I
recovered from my ailments. We flew back to Albuquerque, where our RV was
parked.
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| Waimea Canyon |
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