Our trip started very early on Tuesday morning. I was informed of the plan the night before by Callie. We would wake up at 3:30a, the kids would be up by 4:00a and we would all be out the door by 4:30a. Despite the early morning the kids were very excited and behaved nicely. We arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare and had no trouble checking in. Security on the other hand was a different story. A the last minute we moved a few things around in our suitcases and ended up with the sunscreen and toiletries in my bag which we had decided to carry on. We completely forgot about the no liquid rule.
Kerry went back through security to pay the $25.00 to check another bag. (Turned out to be $35.00) We figured it was cheaper than buying new sunscreen, toothpaste, shaving gel etc.) After that it was smooth sailing and everyone got on board the plane. We were a bit worried about Callie but other than a few tears during takeoff she was fine. The flight was pretty good with Kerry sitting in a row of three between the two kids and I was in a row on the side just in front of them. There was a point where Kerry went to the bath room and I started to hear screaming behind me. Not sure exactly what happened but Carter had a nice bite mark.
Our flight arrived on schedule and the kids were quite tired by this time. Nothing terrible happened as we left however every step seemed to take a bit longer than we would have liked. Our bags were some of the last ones to get off, we missed the first shuttle to pick up the car, and the car rental lineup seemed to take forever. Where our friends the Dukes were out in about 40 minutes we took close to two hours from touch down to Costco. Apparently if you go go Maui your first stop always needs to be Costco to get supplies for the week.
Costco was very familiar and was quick.We also stopped at Kmart to get a few items that we knew we didn't need a Costco sized version of. After a quick trip to McDonald's we finally arrived at the condo. Our room is in a great spot with the lanai opening up to the pool. We're on a bit of a hill so we can see the ocean and have a great view of the grounds. We made a quick trip down the beach across the street, had a bbq dinner with the Dukes and then got ready for bed. With Maui being 3 hrs ahead, even when if we went to bed at 8:00p it was like having a 3:30a to 11:00p day. Exhausting.
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