Oahu Day 9

Today was meant to be a pretty chill day, but got a little bit busier (in a boring way) than planned.

Allan was going to go hiking today up Koko Head, a crater further south on the island. He was going up for sunset and had to get the bus there. With no other plans for the day, we decided to try and plow through some planning and admin stuff for the rest of our time in Hawaii. I got to work organizing an itinerary for the Big Island and Allan was updating our finances and dealing with some bank stuff for back home. I also tried to make a dent in all of the things I collected for the scrapbook. We did so much in Australia and New Zealand, those were going to take a while to get done. Before we knew it, Allan was rushing to get dressed and head for his bus to Koko Head.

I helped Allan with some bus times to help him make his connections while I finished the pages for Australia in the scrapbook and did some laundry before we check out tomorrow. Around 6pm I went downstairs to Yardhouse, a restaurant near my hotel, and waited for mom, dad, and Hannah to come and meet for dinner here. Normally this is a very busy restaurant so I went down ahead of everyone to get a table, but they had plenty of room for a change!

Once mom and dad got there (Hannah was lagging behind), I ran back up to the room to switch my laundry over and then went back to the restaurant. Hannah had arrived by this point as did the beer I ordered before I ran off to finish the laundry. I ordered the Nashville hot chicken and sweet potato pancakes. It was pretty good. Dad had steak, Hannah mac and cheese, and mom had a nice looking chicken dish which I took home the leftovers for Allan to eat.

After dinner, I went back to my hotel room and mom and dad tagged along to share the last of the hula pie I brought back to eat with them from my birthday. They also had a quick look through my scrapbook. When they left, I started packing while I waited for Allan to get back from his hike. He ate and told me about the walk before having a shower. He doesn't pack until right before we need to leave which always stresses me out. We tried to get to bed early, because we are getting up pretty early, before sunrise, to walk to Diamond Head for one last excursion before we leave Oahu.Leggi altro