A Day In Hawaii

I love Hawaii! Mum and I figured out that it has been almost 20 years since our last trip to Hawaii, and that is far too long. The weather was perfect, as usual. Mum was so happy to be back on solid ground even if it was just for a few hours! We spent most of the day at the mall, and a much better mall it was after our disappointment in L.A. We stocked up on new books (reading material was running a little low!) and took in some of the Chinese New Year festivities that they were having. We dropped our purchases off in our room and then headed out again, this time to the open-air shopping centre at the harbour where we got to enjoy the cool breezes while we wandered around and drank our Kona coffee. Really a lovely way to spend our day in Honolulu, and I for one am not waiting another 20 years before coming back! Now we're back at sea, day 3 of 6, and so far it has been pretty calm. Mum is feeling good, so keep your fingers crossed for her! This is our last really long stretch at sea until early May I think, so if she can just make it through this week, she'll be golden. We'll be crossing the equator and the international dateline tonight, and then I'm REALLY going to have to work at figuring out the time difference from Inuvik. I will also have some insight into the future as we will be one day ahead of everyone back home – yeah, wouldn't that be nice if it worked that way? Ha ha! Anyway, next stop – Fiji!