Recovery Day

After travelling about 50 miles yesterday from Maui to Oahu but taking all day to do it, we stayed at the resort and veged. This resort is enormous - like a manicured, highly regulated and strictly policed suburb. Imagine McDonald's in charge of town planning. But it does have its positives like everything working and well designed. The "Lobby" is brilliant - huge and without enclosed walls so it is open to the constant breeze from the ocean and makes it seem like you're checking in at the Parthenon. Dinner tonight ($70 including tip) was a shared seafood platter - more than enough - in front of a sunset over ocean and through palms, lawn and lots of kids at play. They have lots of pools here for kids but the "beaches" are where we swam. I love the reef fish that swim obliviously about their business. it may be man made but it works.
Tess drew today while i played with the iPad. Lots to explore but generally an impressive device.
It has been difficult uploading video this trip because I have taken it on an iphone without its host so no syncing. Same for my nano. And the ipad will be no better next trip!
Tomorrow we drive to Weimea Bay. We wizzed past it last visit on a tour bus anxious to get to the next paying "sight" so i'm looking forward to a more leisurely visit in our Explorer. Seats enough for 5 hitch-hikers. On Tuesday we have booked a Lou-au with some of our resort "funny money" and Thursday we see Pearl Harbor which should complete our exploration of modern Hawaii. The night sky was beautiful tonight - check a globe and see how isolated the place is. It is a great place to break a return journey from the East Coast but we wwon't do the resort thing again. Still, the Service personnell are almost unfailingly welcoming, drinks are cheap and generous and some of the food is excellent. Worth a visit for many reasons.
Aloha!