Leg 1 of our summer 2019 adventure was celebrating our friends Len and Sue’s 50th birthdays. They both turned 50 this year, and wanted to go to Hawaii. Thus the event Hawaii 5-0 was born. 8 adults and our 2 children rented a house on Oahu for a week.
We flew Sun Country, our first time flying on this airline. We ended up on the same flight as Len and Sue and our other friend, Sean (and Len’s mom). Party Plane! Sun Country was a surprisingly pleasant experience. It was a low cost carrier, so they nickle and dimed you about every scrap of bag you had, but otherwise they were pretty cool, and we will fly them again (especially in the “best” section, which included nice legroom and a free drink). We of course had to pay for both a carry on and a checked bag, the full max possible of 50 pounds of luggage. Our bags weighed 49.5, 50.0 and 50.0. And that was us supposed to be traveling light! We are at max capacity and not sure how we are going to do this abroad. Our house sitters and army of friends coming by frequently to bring in mail and check on the cats are going to probably get thank you “postcards” or another mailed home item because we have no room for gifts. We are going to have to come up with a better solution, maybe I can mail home or abandon some things in Hawaii. Or … horror…buy another suitcase. Being road warriors is supposed to be about learning to live on less! Not figuring out how to carry more. Lots to learn on this adventure still.
First glimpse of Hawaii in the distance:
