Short flight…. This is the first sight of land we saw, the southeast Kauai Coast.
Then we passed the cruise ship docking area, just a couple miles from the airport.
Landing at Lihue, Kauai…..
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Honolulu Takeoff!
This is our plane to take to Lihue, Kauai. It is a Boeing 717 from Hawaiian Airlines.
As we took off from Honolulu, Marianne got a good view of downtown Honolulu and Diamond Head. We pulled out of the jetway about 10 minutes late, but the flight was short and uneventful. It seemed like we barely made flight altitude and we headed back down to land. The total in air time was less than 25 minutes!
Honolulu Airpoirt Arrival
We finally made it through the checkin and security at Honolulu
InterIsland terminal… Another busy airport, but they move people
pretty fast….
Last Morning on Oahu
Sunrise was at 6:10am this morning, and we were just preparing to pack up to fly over to Kauai for a couple nights. Now it’s about an hour later, and we are about ready to leave for breakfast and the airport.
Notable events during our stay on Oahu:
1: Worst Forest Fire in 10 years, 6,000+ acres so far
2: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake on Hawaii (Big Island)
3: Hurricane/Tropical Storm Flossie
and this just in:
4: We had a Tsunami Warning yesterday after the earthquake in Peru!!
So, now we are headed over to Kauai to see what damages we can wreak over there 
A Day at Turtle Bay
As the morning started, so went most of the day…. With the passing of Tropical Storm Flossie to the south of the island, it was a breezy and rainy day most of the day. We decided to spend the day around the resort relaxing and checking things out, but every time we headed out for a walk around the beaches, it started to rain again…
We took the picture below as we were sitting under a grove of trees to keep dry during one of the numerous short downpours all day.
By late afternoon, it finally cleared off, and we were able to make it out to the middle of Turtle Bay, to the west of the resort. It was only about a half mile walk, but my legs were dead when we got back. Unfortunately, I think my legs are getting a little weaker every day during this trip, but I’ll manage 
As we got closer back to the hotel, we found a group of sea turtles playing in the surf. It was had to catch them on film or video because of the breaking surf, but Marianne managed a couple shots, and I have not reviewed the video yet.
