Mooresvillian Chronicles: The TRIP

June 20, 2009

We got up and began packing - mostly Gloria. I've learned over the years to stay out of her way. She likes to do things her way, so I just stay back.
After packing up and putting everything in the car, Larry and Wanda wanted to sit by the pool for awhile. So, at this moment, they are sitting out in the sun and Gloria and I are sitting in the shade catching up on our journals.

Gloria Working on Her Journal

The rest of the day was mostly sitting at the airport or flying. However, it was not without incidents.

When we got to the airport, we got in line.When we got to the front of the line, the airline rep looked up our tickets in the computer and couldn't find us listed. Gloria showed showed her our itinerary. The lady looked at it and said, "You have your reservations on Hawaiian Air. This is Interisland Air." OOPS! After getting to Hawaiian Air, we got our boarding passes, and everything went OK.

We flew to Honolulu and then on to Maui.

Getting our car was a story in itself too. We made reservations with Aloha - the least expensive that we could find. Aloha, we understood, doesn't have a site at the airport. They had left a key and paper work with a person at a taxi stand.

We finished the paper work and went for the car. The paper work indicated that it was in section A space 24. We were at section P. A medium walk. So, Gloria and I went off to get the car while Larry and Wanda sat with the luggage.

We got to the end of the parking lot, but didn't see section A or any numbered spaces. We could see all of the other rental care companies a little ways off. So, we headed over there. We first came to Avis and noticed that there were spots numbered A1, A2 .... We walked over to A24, but it wasn't our car.

Gloria got to looking at the paper work and noticed that it said that the spaces in the parking lot weren't numbered; you had to count the spaces. We walked back and found section A and finally found our car. However, I had to pay for parking.

Everyone was hungry. Gloria looked in her guide book and found a pizza place - Pizza in Paradise. So off we went. We got to this hole in the wall, Micky and Bills style place. The pizza was very good.

Pizza In Paradise

The next stop was Walmart for supplies. Then off to the condo. By this time it, was getting dark. The roads were not as winding and hilly as on the Big Island; so, the trip to the condo was enjoyable. When we got there, the manager, Blue, was not there, as we knew she wouldn't. The key was at a prearranged place.

We parked and put the luggage on a cart. when we got to the elevator, only one person could get on with the cart. Gloria was the first one on the elevator; so, she went. The rest of us stayed behind. A few minutes later the door opened, and Gloria and the luggage was still there. She said that she couldn't push the cart off the elevator from where she stood. (It was a small elevator.) We pulled the cart off and she went up by herself and sent it back. I got on with the cart, and we were able to get the cart off and sent the elevator back for Larry and Wanda.

When we got into the room, it was hot and stuffy. We opened up the windows and started fans that the found. There was no air conditioning. The condo did cool off and sleeping was OK.