2/4/11 Finally Made It!

After a long, long, long day, made up of 4 different flights and 23 hours from waking up to setting our heads on a pillow again, we are here! We flew from Providence to Philadelphia to Denver to Oahu to Kauai. Fortunately had plenty of layover time except at the Philadelphia airport due to de-icing at Providence which made for a late take-off. We got to walk around and stretch our legs at the other stops. We met some lovely people on the planes and at the airports - most people are anxious to get out of the weather. We chatted with several people from Canada who are also experiencing cold weather at home. Actually, it was rather interesting that as we traveled across the U. S., the whole country except for the strip in California after the Sierra Nevadas was covered with snow! Denver actually had less snow on the ground than CT (maybe a foot), but to see the whole country covered with snow was pretty awesome! We picked up our rental car for our stay here - a Chevy mid-sized SUV that we are nicknaming "The Beast". Fortunately, the motel we stayed in for the night was close by as both Dave and I were pretty beat by the time we got in (9 PM Hawaiian time - 2 AM CT time). We did love the temps upon landing - not to make you jealous, but it was 81 when we landed in Oahu! So, now that we have had a good night's sleep, we will go for a walk on the beach, have some breakfast and then go grocery shopping before heading up to camp. I will try to post again later.