Aloha from Hawaii!
We finally got started traveling again. As many of you know, we had to return to Austin, Texas (our homebase) to have baby Huxton, so we had to quit traveling for a few months with plans to start again when things settled down.
We had been planning to go to Hawaii for three years. Usually, we go with Zach’s parents and they plan out two years in advance so everyone can take-off of work, etc. Well, COVID happened last year and we had to cancel our trip. So, we rescheduled for this year and had originally planned to bring the two older boys. Three years ago, we didn’t have Lawysn and Huxton, but it is amazing what can happen in three years. We held our breath with the assumption that things might change due to Hawaii’s restrictions, but we MADE IT! Sadly, the babies are staying back with grandparents, but definitely getting spoiled. We had a very relaxing plane flight without having to wrangle a toddler and infant and the boys are enjoying their “alone-time” with mom and dad.
Continuing with our travel day, we made it to the Big Island a little before noon. We had done the Safe Hawaii website where you have to fill-out all of your travel plans and upload your negative COVID tests from an approved place (we did Walgreens). We thought we were golden when we got back our negative results for the four of us, but when we arrived in Kona, they made us take ANOTHER COVID test…ugh! We were so confused. I thought I had done a ton of research so we wouldn’t run into any problems, but come to find out, the Safe Hawaii COVID tests are for the state and the additional tests we had to take were for the county we are staying in. So frustrating! We still didn’t get our test results back from the airport, so hopefully everything is kosher.
We are staying at an VRBO condo and it has the most amazing view (we did sacrifice not having air conditioning in the bedroom). But this view is spectacular for the terrific price. We plan on exploring some beaches tomorrow and have a night snorkel with manta rays for Tuesday!
We will keep you updated with our adventures and excursions. Send some recommendations of places we should see!
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XO,
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