Aloha!

HAWAII

After a full day of travel, Spence and I made it safely to Honolulu. We just keep telling each other- "I can't believe we are here for a month!"

Day 1 started with Spence going to Queen's Hospital to get oriented to the Emergency Room. Then, we drove out to Pier 38 to a restaurant called Nico's. It's located on the pier next to all of the fresh fish brought in daily. The head chef walks over at 0500 every day to pick out his daily supply, and we had some delicious ahi tuna plates for lunch- freshest fish I've ever eaten!

We then walked around Ala Moana Park and watched a ton of surfers taking advantage of some great waves. The water here is just beautiful, and it's amazing to look out and realize how far away we are from the nearest land!

We took a gorgeous scenic drive along Tantalus Drive and Round Top. It's a 10 mile long trek through a stunning preserved forest that gives some spectacular views from ~1600 ft. Below are some pictures from the drive- unfortunately, they don't come close to showing what we saw in person.

Our apartment overlooks the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor on Waikiki (pic below). We spent the remainder of the day cleaning, unpacking, and going to Wal-Mart to stock up on supplies for the month. I can't think of what I enjoyed more- watching Spence grocery shop for the first time in years (he was in shock of how quickly things add up), watching him help clean the apartment (he even mopped!!), or watching him cook his specialty, spaghetti, for dinner. Way to go Spence- I'm super impressed!