I live in Rhode Island. My telling my friends that I was going to Hawaii for three weeks in February was not always greeted with enthusiasm! That is what I did, though. Three weeks in Hawaii in February. I left from Logan Airport in Boston at something like 5:00am, which meant getting up at 2:30 so I would be there on time. I flew on Alaska Airlines, with absolutely no concern about a panel of the Boeing 737 Max 8 I was on coming loose in flight. Six and a half hours later I landed in Seattle, which is a lovely airport. That’s a good thing, since I had a five hour layover before another six hour flight to Honolulu. Then get the checked bag, find the rental car counter, and drive to Waikiki for my stay in the Marriott.
Here are a few pictures from my adventure. For most of the flight to Seattle we were above the clouds. However, crossing the Sierras proved differently.


I did finally reach Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Courtesy of Google Maps, here is an overview of the Hawaiian Islands and the island of Oahu. Honolulu is in the center of the southern part of the island, and Waikiki is on the south shore, east of Honolulu, along H1. Yes, Hawaii does have interstate highways. H1 for this post, but H3 coming up in a few days.
Waikiki is a busy place, full of hotels and people a lot younger than I am. Parking on the street is nearly impossible, so customers of the Marriott (and other hotels) are virtually forced to use the expensive valet parking. That caused me a bit of a problem a couple days later, but that tale is for another post.
Here’s what the view from my hotel room looked like–looking left or right, day or night. Nothing but hotels!
Weary from travel, I gratefully slid into bed around 10:30pm local time. I was too tired to calculate how long I’d been up, and decided to trim down my ambitions for sightseeing the next day.
Here are all the images for today’s post. By the way, that tree on the right in the Parking photo is native to Hawaii, and was of enormous importance to the first humans who settled on the islands. More on that later. Enjoy!
What fun! You went to Hawaii. I’m so jealous, but so happy for you.
Thank you, Jeff.
Whoopee! Have a wonderful time, Laura! We will all be looking forward to your posts with their remarkable photos!! Hugs, Jan
Thanks, Jan.