Sunday, 8 February 2026

Hawaii - Feb 2-3, 2026 - Day 10 & 11 - Golf and Travel Day home

 We got up to see the sunrise, but wow was it windy still.  Red flags up at the beach, and the ocean was very wavy, but we found a place by a bush that blocked the wind, and sat in our chairs to watch the sun rise.  The clouds were moving so quickly, it was constantly changing.  Once the sun appeared, we went to go check out and say good buy to the turtles.









There were still a few left, but wow was the wind strong.  Made it a little easier to leave the beach, but still tough.

We headed to Kalapaki Joes for an early lunch/late breakfast.  The food was really good and neat you can see the ocean from there.  We also watch the tennis club play while we ate.










Back at our place, we packed up, took out the recycling and garbage, and headed our way towards the airport.

We had a tee time for 12:30 at Puakea Golf Course right by the Costco, and very close to the airport.  We first went to get gas at Costco, before heading to the golf course.





Once there, Lola went back to the car to get our rain jackets, as it looked like rain was coming, and the starter also stated the rain was supposed to start at 12:30.  We hit a few balls at the driving range getting used to the gale force winds, and headed onto the course a little early.

The round started with a lot of lost balls, as the wind was so crazy, and the homes were pretty close to the fairways.  Lola hit one of her balls right into the backyard, you could see the bright green ball, but there were people in their yard with their dogs, so she couldn't go retrieve it.  Lola's watch band broke half way through the round.










The weather was pretty nice except for the wind, Lola even had to put sunscreen on as she took off her long sleeved shirt. 






Once we got to about the 13th hole, it started to drizzle, but was very manageable.  The golf course was challenging, but with the wind and rain we lost a lot more balls. As we approached the 16th hole, the clouds really rolled in and it just poured.  There was no shelter, even the golf cart didn't keep us dry.  We got soaked.  Our shoes were full, and we were ringing out of golf gloves.  We sure had to hold onto our clubs with a strong grip, as everything was wet.



We finished the round, and AA was happy to beat Lola, but we were wet.  Luckily we had all our luggage in the car, so we found a change of clothes (including our underwear), and changed before getting a bite to eat at the restaurant.  









We had some food, and then repacked our wet clothes in our golf bags before heading to the airport.  In the parking lot it was amazing as it stopped raining and there was a double rainbow.  





As we headed to the airport we got warning our flight to Oahu was delayed by 30 minutes, but we still made our way to the airport.

AA dropped Lola off with all the luggage at the terminal, and he went to return the car, and walked back to the terminal to help with the luggage. We sat and drank our 2 sparkling waters we had left before going through security.

We made it through security with no issues, and then had 2 hours to kill.  We browsed the 2 shops, and played some cribbage.  






Boarded the plane, Lola was a little nervous as we were delayed, and we didn't have much time to get our bags to the other terminal to catch our Red eye flight home.

Our flight into Honolulu, was a little bumpy, as there was quite the weather, but luckily AA is super calm about it, and holds Lola's hand.







We got our luggage and headed from terminal 1 to terminal 2 by foot, and a security guard actually escorted us to we didn't get lost. We got our luggage to the gate, and still had lots of time.

We found a place to sit in the open air portion of the airport and played a few rounds of cribbage to make time pass.  We put on our pants, and then headed to our gate.  Our flight was delayed as the flight coming from Vancouver was heading into the wind the whole time and was over 7 hours long.  







We boarded the plane just after midnight, and was told our flight would be just under 5 hours. So it was sleep time for Lola and AA.  This was our nights sleep, so it was necessary to sleep.  We barely saw the safety briefing, and we put on our headphones with sleepy music, put on our eye masks and went to sleep.  We missed all the meal and drink service, but we both slept.

pre sleep.

post sleep

We arrived in Vancouver where we only had about 1 hour to clear customs and head to our gate. We made it to the gate to pretty much go right onto the plane. There AA had breakfast on the plane, while Lola had some snacks (as she couldn't have the meal offered).

We arrived back home, AA went home to bring our car back, and Lola waited for the luggage, and waited to get picked up. 











It was an awesome trip, and not as cold when we arrived back as it was when we left.

Thanks for following along, until next time.

Mahalo.