And now for the photos ...

After flying about 10 or 11 hours (then waiting 2 hours for the airport shuttle!!!) we landed in Hawaii.

I booked the cheapest place around (duh!), but it was super nice!  I mean, not super duper nice, but very Hawaiian and clean.  And it was close to Waikiki.  We were even upgraded to a corner room with a view of the ocean.  Bonus!

I was suprised that I wasn't completely exhausted.  It was 5pm Hawaii time, which calculated to about 10pm Eastern Time, but I was wide awake - and hungry!!!  In Houston we all got Oahu coupon books (something to do while flying for 7 hours), so we found a coupon for $10 'early bird' special at a Surf 'n Turf place on Waikiki.  That early bird special suited us just fine with the time change and all.  We got a sweet table on their patio and a waiter all to ourselves.

After some fish, steak and shrimp, we walked around for about 1/2 hour before we felt the time zone crashing upon us.  We walked back to the hotel and went to bed around 7:30pm.  Sounds pathetic, I know - but that was really like 2:30am (I think).  If you know anything about me, that was really impressive!