We're back. After some insane amounts of rain and lots of time wanting to just come home, we endured the storm and ended the trip with about a day and a half without rain. You better believe we hit up the pools and hot tubs while we could. Of course when the rain stopped, the winds picked up like crazy, so most of my time was spent in the hot tubs. They had tractors out re-doing the sand on the beach and we were finally able to dip our feet in the ocean, which was colder than I had expected!
We got stuck at the hotel for a few days and couldn't even leave because parts of the main highway had washed away due to the flooding. The hotel was low on staff and many of the staff had to stay at the hotel at least one night because they couldn't even get home. Restaurants nearby shut down because they ran out of food, due to road closures. The hotel restaurants had to cut their menu down to a small buffet for each of the meals. Seriously, it was so crazy. This is one trip we will never forget. This and our last trip to Hawaii when Noah was a baby have literally been our worst vacations. How sad is that?! All I have to say is I'm glad they were Grant's work incentive trips and we didn't have to pay for them! :)
I think from being outside during the rain and wind, running from pools to hot tubs, the kiddos got sick while we were ending the trip. We went home with some crazy coughing kids and spent most of our time on the red eye flight home covering their mouths the instant the coughing fits flared up, as to not wake the other passengers trying to sleep. Grant and I practically missed a night's sleep and have been exhausted from the long flight home yesterday.
Hawaii, you sure are beautiful, but I don't think we'll be visiting your islands again.
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