Sunday - Ko O Lina

Got up earlier than we wanted to ...this time change thing is really taking a tole on our bedtimes and awakenings...  Had breakfast at IHOP across from our hotel...it was raining and windy so we aborted our plans to walk on Waikiki Beach looking for a place to have an oceanview breakfast.  Packed up and headed towards Ko O Lina on the southwestern coast of Oahu.  Art's new GPS worked wonders getting us out of Waikiki - there is no rhyme or reason for the layout of the streets, most street names are unpronounceable, and the Ala Wai Canal which transects this part of the island means looking for streets that cross over it.

Took the H1 interstate west.  Interesting question: how can Hawaii have an Interstate Highway?  The last we heard, there was no driving route to California...seems that when the Interstate highway system was created, states got funding for highways called interstates OR had to pay for the road.  So...Hawaii called 3 roads on Oahu Interstates (H1, H2, and H3).  Reminds us of the Long Island Expressway - no one could possibly get a speeding ticket since it's mostly bumper to bumper traffic.

We stopped to pick up some groceries on the way and arrived at beautiful Ko O Lina around noon.  Our villa wasn't ready until 4 PM but we could check our luggage (they even put the beer in a frig.), got us all registered, parked the car and enjoying sitting in the sun on lounge chairs while we waited for Ellen, Mike and the boys to arrive.  After welcoming them to Hawaii, we had lunch at the poolside restaurant and enjoyed showing them around.  When we got to our assigned villa, we found that we were in the newest building on the 6th floor with a marina view.


This is our favorite of all of the timeshares we've visited - comfortable 2 bedrooms with full kitchen with washer/dryer,  dining area and living room.  Everyone was tired from the trip so we made it an early night and looked forward to a relaxing day on the property on Monday.